Landforms and Bodies of Water

What is a bay?

• A. A small body of water completely surrounded by land

• B. A large body of water partly surrounded by land connected to the ocean

• C. A body of water surrounded by ice

• D. A body of water found only in cold regions

What can cover the shore of a beach?

• A. Trees and bushes

• B. Buildings and piers

• C. Sand, gravel, or rock fragments

• D. Snow and ice

How is a canyon formed?

• A. By volcanic activity

• B. By a deep cut into the earth with tall steep walls formed from a flowing river moving away sand and dirt

• C. By glaciers carving through rock

• D. By the ocean eroding the coastline

Where can a cave be located?

• A. Only above ground in mountains

• B. Only in areas with heavy vegetation

• C. In the side of a hill or cliff and could also be underground

• D. Only in sandy regions

What is a cliff?

• A. A raised and rounded bit of land.

• B. A very steep face of rock.

• C. A triangular piece of land located at the mouth of a river.

• D. A place that gets very little rain each year.

What defines a delta?

• A. A place that gets very little rain each year.

• B. A raised and rounded bit of land.

• C. A very steep face of rock.

• D. A triangular piece of land located at the mouth of a river.

What is a desert?

• A. A very steep face of rock.

• B. A raised and rounded bit of land.

• C. A triangular piece of land located at the mouth of a river.

• D. A place that gets very little rain each year.

How is a hill different from a mountain?

• A. It is a place that gets very little rain each year.

• B. It is a very steep face of rock.

• C. It is not as tall as a mountain.

• D. It is a triangular piece of land located at the mouth of a river.

What is an island?

• A large body of water surrounded by land.

• A narrow strip of land that separates two bodies of water.

• An area of land with water on all sides.

• A forest thick with trees.

What does an isthmus connect?

• Two bodies of water.

• Two larger areas of land.

• Two islands.

• Two jungles.