1-20 Science Vocabulary

2. a physical feature, such as a plain, mountain, hill, valley, or plateau.
5. level the level of the surface of the ocean.
6. the part of a body of water flowing in a certain direction.
8. a long period with little or no rain.
9. a cold, dry region where trees cannot grow.
11. the kind of weather a place has most often, year after year.
12. low, bowl shaped land with higher ground all around it.
14. the amount of moisture in the air.
15. an opening in Earth, often on a hill or mountain, through which hot lava, gases ash,and rocks may pour out.
17. an area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.
19. the driest side of the mountain.
20. line a place where the elevation of the land drops sharply causing rivers to form waterfalls or rapids.

1. a broad area of high, mostly flat land.
3. an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses.
4. range a group of connected mountains.
7. the regular rise and fall of the ocean and of the bodies of water connected to it.
10. An area at or near the foot of a mountain.
13. a kind of grassland that has areas with a few scattered trees
16. dry
18. vegetation the plant life that grows naturally in a place.