Land forms and water-bodies

Which of the following would describe a MOUNTAIN?

• Area of gently rising land

• Top of a mountain

• Rises steeply above the surrounding land

• Area of raised, mostly flat land

Which of the following would describe a VALLEY?

• Gap between mountains

• Area of raised, mostly flat land

• Lowland between mountains

• Area of gently rising land

Which of the following would describe a PLATEAU?

• Lowland between mountains

• Group of mountains

• Area of raised, mostly flat land

• Area of gently rising land

Which of the following would describe an ISLAND?

• Land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• Area of land completely surrounded by water

• Narrow form of a canyon

• Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land

Which of the following would describe an ISTHMUS?

• Land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• Triangular-shaped area of land that forms at the mouth of a river

• Narrow form of a canyon

• Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land

Which of the following would describe a PENINSULA?

• Ridge of rock or coral lying below the surface of the ocean

• Area of land completely surrounded by water

• Land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land

Which of the following would describe an ARCHIPELAGO?

• Land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• Triangular-shaped area of land that forms at the mouth of a river

• Group of islands

• Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land

Which of the following would describe a SEA?

• Body of saltwater that is smaller than a gulf

• Body of saltwater that is larger than an ocean

• Where a river empties into a larger body of water

• Body of saltwater that is smaller than an ocean

Which of the following would describe a GULF?

• Body of saltwater that is smaller than a bay

• Body of saltwater that is larger than an ocean

• Where a river empties into a larger body of water

• A large, highly indented, navigable bodies of salt water which are enclosed by the coastline.

Which of the following would describe a LAKE?

• Passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water

• Water that is completely surrounded by land

• Where a river empties into a larger body of water

• Body of saltwater that is smaller than a sea