| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| A group of islands is called | an archipelago. | 100%
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| Old Faithful is a famous one of these, a natural eruption of hot water. | A geyser. | 94%
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| A landform surrounded by water is called | an island. | 94%
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| A dramatic, deep crack in an ice sheet or a glacier is called a | cravasse. | 94%
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| Small rises next to a mountain range are called | foothills. | 94%
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| What is a floodplain? | Land near a river that might be flooded by water during storms or other periods of high water. | 94%
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| What is an atoll? | A ring of coral islands. | 88%
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| Wind may shape sand into | dunes. | 88%
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| Norway and New Zealand contain many fjords, or fiords, along their coastlines. What causes these narrow inlets that feature tall, steep cliffs? | Glaciers. | 88%
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| During a storm, you might shelter your boat in a bay or a | cove. | 82%
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| Where might you find brackish water (water that is a mix of fresh and salt water)? | In an estuary. | 82%
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| What is left after a large amount of magma is expelled from a volcano? | A caldera. | 76%
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| The place where two or more rivers meet is called a | confluence. | 76%
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| Traveling through the American West, you may see wide stretches of desert punctuated by the occasional steep rocky hill with a flat top. This kind of landform is | a butte. | 71%
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| A tall skinny rock topped with another rock is called a | hoodoo. | 53%
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