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Landforms and Bodies of Water

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What body of water pictured here is the large body of salt water that covers the earth's surface?

a)

ocean

b)

sea

c)

gulf

d)

waterfall

2.

Which body of water pictured here is completely surrounded by land?

a)

ocean

b)

sea

c)

lake

d)

river

3.

Which body of water pictured here is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, or a sea?

a)

sea

b)

gulf

c)

strait

d)

river

4.

Which landform pictured here is a group of many islands in a large body of water?

a)

island

b)

archipelago

c)

peninsula

d)

isthmus

5.

Which landform pictured here stretches above the surrounding land, usually in the form of a peak, and is usually steeper than a hill?

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

butte

d)

island

6.

Which landform pictured here is an area that is lower than the surrounding landscape, sometimes formed by a river or where two mountains meet?

a)

canyon

b)

valley

c)

hill

d)

forest

7.

Which landform pictured here is an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava gasses erupt and is usually shaped like a mountain?

a)

mountain

b)

volcano

c)

hill

d)

butte

8.

Which landform pictured here is a very dry, sandy area with few or no plants growing in it?

a)

rainforest

b)

plain

c)

peninsula

d)

desert

9.

Which body of water pictured here is a narrow channel of the sea that joins two larger bodies of water?

a)

strait

b)

gulf

c)

river

d)

bay

10.

Which landform pictured here is a piece of land completely surrounded by water?

a)

isthmus

b)

island

c)

peninsula

d)

archipelago

11.

Which landform pictured here is an isolated hill with a steep, often vertical sides and a small, flat top?

a)

mountain

b)

butte

c)

hill

d)

volcano

12.

Which landform pictured here is a narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger areas of land?

a)

peninsula

b)

isthmus

c)

strait

d)

island

13.

Which body of water pictured here is a large area of ocean partly surrounded by land?

a)

sea

b)

strait

c)

bay

d)

gulf

14.

Which landform pictured here is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often with a river or stream at the bottom?

a)

valley

b)

canyon

c)

mountain

d)

butte

15.

Which landform pictured here is an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides?

a)

isthmus

b)

island

c)

peninsula

d)

strait

16.

Which landform pictured here is a slow moving mass of ice, formed by accumulating snowfall over thousands of years?

a)

mountain

b)

glacier

c)

hill

d)

waterfall

17.

Which landform pictured here is a larger, thick areas of trees and underbrush?

a)

forest

b)

beach

c)

mountain

d)

valley

18.

Which body of water pictured here is a steep fall or flow of water in a river or stream?

a)

river

b)

lake

c)

strait

d)

waterfall

19.

Which landform pictured here is a flatland or gently rolling land?

a)

plain

b)

forest

c)

peninsula

d)

glacier

20.

Which landform pictured here is a very dense forest which has abundant rain?

a)

valley

b)

forest

c)

rainforest

d)

plain

21.

Which landform pictured here is land with grass growing on it?

a)

grassland

b)

plain

c)

valley

d)

forest

22.

Which landform pictured here is a stretch of pebbles and sand beside a lake, sea, or ocean?

a)

island

b)

beach

c)

plain

d)

desert

23.

Which body of water pictured here is specific area of water within an ocean?

a)

ocean

b)

gulf

c)

lake

d)

sea

24.

Which body of water pictured here is a part of a sea or lake that cuts into the coastline and is partly surrounded by land?

a)

bay

b)

gulf

c)

sea

d)

waterfall