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Landforms of the World

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the seven largest land masses on earth?

a)

mountains

b)

oceans

c)

continents

d)

islands

2.

land rising high above the land around it, mostly made of rocks with steep, pointed peaks

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

valley

d)

canyon

3.

A landform that is smaller than a mountain with rounded tops.

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

plateau

d)

canyon

4.

A long, narrow body of water that usually connects to a lake or ocean

a)

ocean

b)

pond

c)

lake

d)

river

5.

Land that is completely surrounded by water, many times they are formed by volcanoes.

a)

island

b)

plateau

c)

volcano

d)

canyon

6.

A dry and dusty land, it receives little to no rain.

a)

plain

b)

valley

c)

desert

d)

canyon

7.

Land that is higher than the land around it and has a flat surface on top.

a)

plateau

b)

mountain

c)

canyon

d)

plain

8.

A body of fresh water surrounded on all sides by land. It can sometimes by salt water.

a)

river

b)

lake

c)

ocean

d)

island

9.

Low land between mountains and hills. Part of East Tennessee is this landform.

a)

valley

b)

mountain

c)

canyon

d)

hill

10.

The largest body of water on Earth, made of salt water.

a)

river

b)

lake

c)

pond

d)

ocean

11.

Very deep, v-shaped cracks in the Earth's surface with steep sides, formed by rivers or earthquakes.

a)

valley

b)

island

c)

canyon

d)

volcano

12.

A large, flat grassland area.

a)

valley

b)

island

c)

plateau

d)

plain

13.

The country of the Philippines is basically one large

a)

plateau

b)

atoll

c)

archipelago

d)

bay

14.

A body of land surrounded on 3 sides by water is called a

a)

peninsula

b)

atoll

c)

island

d)

mountain

15.

The picture shows a(n)

a)

isthmus

b)

escarpment

c)

basin

d)

strait

16.

The image shown is a

a)

butte

b)

mesa

c)

plateau

d)

plain

17.

A narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger pieces of land is called a (n)

a)

isthmus

b)

bay

c)

strait

d)

tundra

18.

This picture most accurately shows a(n)

a)

bay

b)

harbor

c)

gulf

d)

delta

19.

Smaller than a gulf, it is an inward curved area of land that surrounds a large portion of a lake, sea, or ocean.

a)

atoll

b)

bay

c)

harbor

d)

basin

20.

An area of water located in a dry or desert area is called a(n)

a)

basin

b)

bay

c)

swamp

d)

oasis

21.

What is an opening in the earth's surface through which molten rock called lava, ashes, and hot gases from the earth's interior spew out when it erupts called?

a)

black hole

b)

volcano

c)

pond

d)

backyard

22.
A hill is higher than a mountain
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The largest bodies of salt water are called __________.
a)
oceans 
b)
rivers 
c)
valleys 
d)
lakes 
24.
 This is a body of water with land all around it.
a)
river 
b)
island 
c)
lake 
d)
ocean 
25.
Different kinds of land such as mountains and plains.
a)
valleys 
b)
map key 
c)
landforms 
d)
hills