Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Nature

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.

1. Granite
A. Spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
2. Metamorphic
B. A person who owes allegiance to that ___
3. Igneous
C. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
4. Spruce
D. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element
5. Marmot
E. Light soft moderately strong wood of ___ trees
6. Falcon
F. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
7. Marble
G. A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
8. Shale
H. A state in southwestern United States
9. Coal
I. A state in the western United States
10. Sandstone
J. United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed ___' power law to replace Fechner's
11. Copper
K. Of or relating to ___
12. Railroad
L. A republic on the Isthmus of ___
13. Transcontinental
M. A state in the western United States
14. Stevens
N. Produced under conditions involving intense heat
15. Arizona
O. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
16. Utah
P. A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement
17. Wyoming
Q. Plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture
18. Panama
R. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
19. Bridge
S. A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway
20. Park
T. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation
21. Mountains
U. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern
22. National
V. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
23. Monument
W. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (plural)
24. Grand
X. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events