Landforms and Bodies of Water

What is a large group of islands called?

• peninsula

• archipelago

• strait

• isthmus

The largest bodies of water on Earth (contain salt water). There are now generally considered to be five; the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern

• sea

• gulf

• lake

• ocean

an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.

• glacier

• volcano

• geyser

• canyon

What is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water?

• isthmus

• valley

• marsh

• strait

The level of the surface of the ocean is called...

• Sea level

• altitude

• coast

• plateau

a group of connected mountains is called a..

• archipelago

• river valley

• mountain range

• mountain group

One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

• island

• continent

• state

• country

A large mass of land projecting into a body of water and surrounded on three sides by water.

• island

• isthmus

• strait

• peninsula

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

• plain

• coast

• desert

• swamp

a large, raised area of level or rolling land

• plateau

• desert

• marsh

• peninsula