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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words Used in Geography (Questions)

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Glacier and erosion are examples of words used in geography. In English, you will find that certain words are used mainly when discussing or writing about certain subjects.

Try this quiz on words used in geography in order to understand the meanings of the following terms.

What does the following word mean?
Confluence

[ ]	Beginning of a river
[ ]	End of a river
[ ]	Meeting of rivers
[ ]	Stream flowing into a main river

What does the following word mean?
Distributary

[ ]	Deposits of waterborne rocks
[ ]	Diversions of river courses
[ ]	Main river branching off small river
[ ]	Small river branching off main river

What does the following word mean?
Source

[ ]	Where the river ends
[ ]	Where the river joins a smaller river
[ ]	Where the river meets the sea
[ ]	Where the river rises

What does the following word mean?
Delta

[ ]	Triangular deposits and channels at river mouth
[ ]	Triangular deposits and channels at river source
[ ]	Where the river begins and ends
[ ]	Where the river rises and flows

What does the following word mean?
Glacier

[ ]	A meandering river
[ ]	A river bed
[ ]	A river of ice
[ ]	A rushing river

What does the following word mean?
Fjord

[ ]	Long, narrow sea inlet
[ ]	Shallow crossing place of river
[ ]	Site of river bridge
[ ]	Wide sea inlet

What does the following word mean?
Erosion

[ ]	Where a river wears land away
[ ]	Where land wears a river away
[ ]	Where words are deleted
[ ]	Where writing is deleted

What does the following word mean?
Anemometer

[ ]	A pressure gauge
[ ]	A rain gauge
[ ]	A temperature gauge
[ ]	A wind gauge

What does the following word mean?
Scree

[ ]	Permanent rocks at base of slope
[ ]	Pile of loose stones at base of slope
[ ]	Pile of stones on top of cliff
[ ]	Rocks on top of cliff

10.

What does the following word mean?
Equatorial

[ ]	At the equator
[ ]	Equal to
[ ]	Far from the equator
[ ]	Not equal to

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words Used in Geography (Answers)

What does the following word mean?
Confluence

[ ]	Beginning of a river
[ ]	End of a river
[x]	Meeting of rivers
[ ]	Stream flowing into a main river

'Confluence' means 'meeting'

What does the following word mean?
Distributary

[ ]	Deposits of waterborne rocks
[ ]	Diversions of river courses
[ ]	Main river branching off small river
[x]	Small river branching off main river

What does the following word mean?
Source

[ ]	Where the river ends
[ ]	Where the river joins a smaller river
[ ]	Where the river meets the sea
[x]	Where the river rises

'Source' = beginning of river. 'Mouth' = end of river

What does the following word mean?
Delta

[x]	Triangular deposits and channels at river mouth
[ ]	Triangular deposits and channels at river source
[ ]	Where the river begins and ends
[ ]	Where the river rises and flows

What does the following word mean?
Glacier

[ ]	A meandering river
[ ]	A river bed
[x]	A river of ice
[ ]	A rushing river

What does the following word mean?
Fjord

[x]	Long, narrow sea inlet
[ ]	Shallow crossing place of river
[ ]	Site of river bridge
[ ]	Wide sea inlet

A ford is a shallow crossing place

What does the following word mean?
Erosion

[x]	Where a river wears land away
[ ]	Where land wears a river away
[ ]	Where words are deleted
[ ]	Where writing is deleted

Erosion kinds: corrasion, abrasion, attrition, corrosion

What does the following word mean?
Anemometer

[ ]	A pressure gauge
[ ]	A rain gauge
[ ]	A temperature gauge
[x]	A wind gauge

A barometer measures air pressure

What does the following word mean?
Scree

[ ]	Permanent rocks at base of slope
[x]	Pile of loose stones at base of slope
[ ]	Pile of stones on top of cliff
[ ]	Rocks on top of cliff

10.

What does the following word mean?
Equatorial

[x]	At the equator
[ ]	Equal to
[ ]	Far from the equator
[ ]	Not equal to

'Tropical' = at the tropics of capricorn/cancer