Landforms PreTest

In which ways are hills MOST different from mountains?

• Hills are smaller and more rounded.

• Hills are deeper and more level.

• Hills are steeper and rockier.

• Hills are taller and snowy.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Jackson listed the features of a body of water in his science notebook.

• Features of a Bay

• Features of a Lake

• Features of a River

• Features of an Ocean

A teacher wrote the following riddle on the board. I am a body of water without any salt. My temperature’s the same from bottom to top. My biggest wave is still very small. Water plants can grow in me, anywhere at all. What am I?

• a lake

• a pond

• a sea

• an ocean

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence correctly describes valleys and plains?

• Valleys and plains are flat.

• Valleys and plains have hilly areas.

• Valleys have hills, and plains have different shapes.

• Valleys have low areas, and plains are flat.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which kind of events can form mountains?

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• earthquakes and landslides

• landslides and avalanches

• volcanoes and avalanches

How is a pond different from a lake?

• Ponds have moving water.

• Ponds are smaller and shallower.

• Ponds are not surrounded by land.

• Ponds have a different amount of salt.

What does this stream flow through?

• a mountain

• a valley

• the hills

• the plains

What is a main feature of plains?

• a flat, level surface

• a high, steep peak

• a low, shallow basin

• a gentle, gradual slope

The picture shows a landscape. Which number represents a plain?

• A. 1

• B. 2

• C. 3

• D. 4

Which landforms are MOST like hills but are much taller?

• caves

• mountains

• plains

• valleys