Landforms Quiz

Match the following

• a continuous body of saltwater that covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface.

• Archipelago

• Part of a larger body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

• Oceans

• Deep and narrow valley with steep walls

• Canyon

• A mass of rock that rises very high and is almost vertical, or straight up-and-down

• Bay

• A group of islands

• Cliffs

Match the following

•  long, narrow, low regions of land between hills, mountain ranges or other masses. 

• PLATEAUS

•  magma deep inside the Earth pushes toward the surface but fails to break through the crust

• Mountain

• natural large and steep landmass that is much higher than its surroundings. larger than a hill

• Volcano

• opening in a planet or moon's crust through which molten rock, hot gases, and other materials erupt

• Valleys

• Areas of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river

• DELTAS

Match the following

• Dry area with little rainfall

• Hills

• Holes in a rock face created by erosion

• Island

• Large, flat areas covered by grass

• Desert

• Land that is completely surrounded by water

• Plains

•  bumpy landforms with multiple dips and rises throughout the land

• Caves

Match the following

• Large inland body of water

• Basin

• Deep depression in the earth's crust

• River

• Large body of compacted snow

• Lake

• Long, winding body of water that flows downhill

• Glacier

When rock is broken or worn down by wind, water, or tectonic activity.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Slippage

• Corrosion

The process of weathered rock moving because of wind, water, or tectonic activity is call______________

Mark areas of the map that are PLAINS

Mark areas of the map that are MOUNTAINS

Which of the following can be formed by volcanic activity

• Glaciers

• Volcanoes

• Islands

• Plateaus

Valleys and Canyons are formed....

• by weathered rock slowly being carried downstream by the water and gravity.

• by earth's crust splitting.