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Bodies of Water and Landforms

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a large area of sea or ocean that is partially enclosed and is larger than a bay?

a)

Sea

b)

Gulf

c)

Tributary

d)

Delta

2.

What is a large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Bay

c)

Sea

d)

Mouth

3.

What is a body of fresh water that is completely surrounded by land?

a)

Lake

b)

Mountain

c)

Gulf

d)

Bay

4.

What is the name of a river or stream that flows into a main river?

a)

Samantha

b)

Plain

c)

Sea

d)

Tributary

5.

What is the name of a land that rises above the surrounding landscape and usually has steep sides?

a)

Mountain

b)

Peninsula

c)

Hill

d)

Valley

6.

Which of these is defined as a body of water that is similar to a gulf but usually smaller in size?

a)

Delta

b)

Bay

c)

Peninsula

d)

Sea

7.

Which of these is defines as a body of land that is surrounded by water?

a)

Lake

b)

Plain

c)

Island

d)

Bay

8.

Which of these is a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?

a)

Delta

b)

Valley

c)

Island

d)

Peninsula

9.

Which of these is defined as an area of land that is mostly flat and has few trees?

a)

Plain

b)

Sea

c)

Mountain

d)

Valley

10.

Which of these is a place where a river empties into a larger body of water?

a)

Delta

b)

Mouth

c)

Bay

d)

Plain

11.

Which of these is a low area between ranges of mountains or hills?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Tributary

c)

Delta

d)

Valley

12.

Which of these is a triangular-shaped area of land created by soil deposited at the mouth of a river?

a)

Gulf

b)

Bay

c)

Delta

d)

Island

13.

What is the largest continent in the world?

a)

Asia

b)

United States

c)

Antarctica

d)

Europe

14.

What is the smallest continent?

a)

Europe

b)

Brazil

c)

Australia

d)

South America

15.

What two hemispheres is the United States located in?

a)

Western and Northern Hemispheres

b)

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

c)

Northern Hemisphere

d)

Western and Southern Hemispheres

16.

Which hemispheres is the continent of Africa located in?

a)

Northern and Eastern Hemispheres

b)

Western and Eastern Hemispheres

c)

Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres

d)

Southern and Northern Hemispheres

17.

What continent is directly north of Africa?

a)

United States

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

18.

What ocean touches the shores of both Europe and South America?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

19.

What continent is south of the Southern Ocean?

a)

Antarctica

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

North America

20.

What ocean lies north of Europe?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

21.

What ocean touches the shores of both Asia and South America?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Koolaid Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

22.

What ocean lies south of Asia?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

23.

What is the name of the parallel at 0° latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Longitude

24.

What is the name of the meridian at 0° longitude?

a)

Latitude

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Longitude

25.

Lines of longitude include parallel lines in which hemispheres?

a)

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

b)

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

26.

Lines of latitude include parallel lines in which hemispheres?

a)

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

b)

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

27.

How many continents are there on earth?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

10

28.

How many oceans are there on earth?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

7

d)

10

29.

What ocean lies off the West Coast of the U.S.?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

30.

What ocean lies off the East Coast of the United States?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

31.

What major body of water lies between Texas and Florida?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Missouri River

d)

Arctic Ocean

32.

What four things help form the border between the U.S. and Canada?

a)

Lake Superior, Lake Eerie, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario

b)

Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Rio Grande, and Sierra Nevada

c)

Columbia River, Lake Superior, Rio Grande, and St. Lawrence River

d)

Rio Grande, Lake Eerie, Lake Ontario, and Appalachian Mountains

33.

What is the name of the flat land along the southern coast of the U.S.?

a)

Sierra Nevada

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Great Plains

d)

Gulf Coastal Plain

34.

What is the largest river in the U.S. that empties into the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Columbia River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Mississippi River

35.

What river runs from the Rocky Mountains into the Mississippi River?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Lake Ontario

36.

What river runs northeast from Lake Ontario into the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Lake Superior

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Rio Grande

37.

Which of these is the largest river in the U.S.?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Colombia River

d)

St. Lawrence River

38.

What river helps create the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Columbia River

d)

Rio Grande

39.

What is the name of the flat land found between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Great Plains

c)

Gulf Coastal Plain

d)

Sierra Nevada

40.

What mountain range runs through the eastern part of the U.S?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Rainbow Candy Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Eastern Mountains

41.

What mountain range can be found west of the Great Plains?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Mexico Mountains

c)

Western Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

42.

What mountain range in the western U.S. has the tallest peak in the continental U.S.?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Sierra Nevada

c)

Gulf Coastal Plain

d)

Appalachian Mountains

43.

How many regions does the United States have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

8

44.

What region do we live in as Texans?

a)

Southwest Region

b)

Northeast Region

c)

Midwest Region

d)

Texas Region

45.

The earth's surface is almost 3/4...

a)

chocolate

b)

water

c)

mountains

d)

plains

46.

A valley is an example of a...

a)

body of water

b)

form of poetry

c)

landform

d)

mountain

47.

A globe is shaped like a...

a)

prism

b)

triangle

c)

map

d)

sphere

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