Landforms and Bodies of Water Quiz

What is a piece of land that has water all around it called?

• mountain

• river

• island

• desert

What do we call salt water that covers a lot of the earth?

• lake

• ocean

• river

• hill

Which landform is a rounded piece of earth that rises above the land and is smaller than a mountain?

• plains

• hill

• valley

• island

What is a flow of water that goes into a lake or ocean called?

• desert

• river

• mountain

• valley

What is a large piece of earth or rock rising out of the land known as?

• mountain

• lake

• ocean

• plains

What is a dry, sandy area with little rain and very few plants called?

• desert

• river

• island

• valley

What do we call an area of low land with mountains or hills on either side, often having a river or stream along the bottom?

• lake

• valley

• plains

• hill

What is a low, flat area, usually with no trees, called?

• desert

• mountain

• plains

• island

What land form is this?

• island
• valley
• plain
• mountain

A low area of land between hills or mountains.

• Mountain

• Desert

• Valley

• Stream