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Landforms

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What stretches above land steeper than a hill and often forms a peak?

a)

hill

b)

plateau

c)

mountain

d)

plain

2.

What is a large body of salt water that makes up most of the Earth?

a)

lake

b)

stream

c)

ocean

d)

river

3.

What do we call flat areas of land?

a)

woods

b)

plains

c)

borings

d)

plateaus

4.

Which of the following is a continent?

a)

Florida

b)

North America

c)

France

d)

Kansas

5.

A mound or raised part of land that is less tall or steep than a mountain is called a...

a)

mountain

b)

lump

c)

valley

d)

hill

6.

A large non-moving body of fresh water surrounded by land is called a...

a)

ocean

b)

river

c)

lake

d)

stream

7.

This is a dry place with very few plants...

a)

North America

b)

mountain

c)

island

d)

desert

8.

Low land between hills or mountains is called a...

a)

hill

b)

valley

c)

earthquake

d)

plains

9.

A large stream of water that flows across land is called a...

a)

river

b)

mountain

c)

brook

d)

lake

10.

A large area of high and flat land with steep sides is a...

a)

plateau

b)

mountain

c)

valley

d)

hill

11.

The area where land meets the sea or ocean is called the...

a)

beach

b)

heaven

c)

coast

d)

desert

12.

Land bordered by water on 3 sides, but connected to a mainland on one side is called a...

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

valley

d)

glacier

13.

Land that is surrounded by water on ALL sides is called an...

a)

ocean

b)

island

c)

hill

d)

lake

14.

A large body of dense and slowly moving ice is called a...

a)

iceberg

b)

glacier

c)

icicle

d)

ice cube

15.

A V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream.

a)

mountain

b)

ocean

c)

clouds

d)

canyon

16.

A fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of the stream.

a)

delta

b)

beach

c)

lake

d)

continent

17.

A low area in which sediments are often deposited.

a)

basin

b)

beach

c)

butte

d)

plateau

18.

The highest point of a mountain.

a)

base

b)

basin

c)

peak

d)

delta

19.

A narrow strip of land with water on either side, linking two larger areas of land.

a)

plateau

b)

isthmus

c)

butte

d)

mountain

20.

A group of islands

a)

archipelago

b)

atoll

c)

butte

d)

ocean

21.

Ring-shaped island

a)

archipelago

b)

ocean

c)

atoll

d)

valley