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Physical Features Practice Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a high relief, rising at least 2, 000 feet above the surrounding terrain

a)

plateaus

b)

mountains

c)

hills

d)

plains

2.

an area of land surrounded by water and is smaller than a continent

a)

peninsula

b)

pond

c)

island

d)

cape

3.

a river or stream that flows into a main river

a)

stream

b)

river

c)

tributary

d)

delta

4.

mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by glaciers

a)

snow

b)

moraine

c)

river

d)

boulder

5.

a portion of land nearly surrounded by water; a piece of land jutting out into the water

a)

peninsula

b)

strait

c)

island

d)

delta

6.

a narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two large bodies of land

a)

isthmus

b)

strait

c)

valley

d)

flood plain

7.

a group of islands

a)

islands

b)

continents

c)

archipeligo

d)

isthmus

8.

a raised area of mostly level land with at least one side that rises steeply above the surrounding land

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

plateau

d)

butte

9.

a flat or gently rolling area

a)

hill

b)

basin

c)

plain

d)

delta

10.

an isolated hill or mountain with steep sides

a)

hill

b)

butte

c)

mountain

d)

plateau

11.

body of water surround by land

a)

lake

b)

ocean

c)

waterfall

d)

glaciers

12.

a hole in the earth from which molten rock, steam, and ashes are thrown up

a)

cave

b)

black hole

c)

lava

d)

volcano

13.

a narrow passageway connecting two bodies of water

a)

isthmus

b)

canal

c)

strait

d)

river mouth

14.

a flat or gently rolling area

a)

plain

b)

grass land

c)

desert

d)

beach

15.

slow-moving mass of snow or ice, formed over years may years from layers of un-melted snow

a)

snow

b)

Ice

c)

glaciers

d)

tundra

16.

a hollow area (bowl like) or enclosed place containing water (the land drained by a river and its branches)

a)

basin

b)

ocean

c)

pond

d)

well

17.

a flat, low-lying plain formed at the mouth of a river when sediment is deposited by flowing water

a)

river mouth

b)

delta

c)

silt

d)

stream