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Landform Check

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an area of land surrounded by water?

a)

Cavern

b)

Island

c)

Valley

d)

Peninsula

2.

What is land that rises up like a mountain but has a rounded top?

a)

Mountain

b)

Volcano

c)

Butte

d)

Hill

3.

What is a large body of ice that moves slowly?

a)

Saltwater

b)

Freshwater

c)

Glacier

d)

Waterfall

4.

What is it called when freshwater and saltwater mix together? (Usually in an estuary)

a)

Brackish water

b)

Bay

c)

Ocean

d)

Sea

5.

What is a deep valley with steep sides that is often carved from Earth by a river?

a)

Cavern

b)

Canyon

c)

Plateau

d)

Desert

6.

What landform is a large area of land that is mostly flat?

a)

Hill

b)

Peninsula

c)

Plain

d)

Valley

7.

What is an opening of the Earth's surface that lava, gas, and ash can escape?

a)

Bay

b)

Mountain

c)

Prairie

d)

Volcano

8.

What is a drawing of all or part of the Earth's surface that can show us where things are?

a)

Map

b)

Picture

c)

Model

9.

What is a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides?

a)

Stream

b)

Waterfall

c)

Lake

d)

Sea

10.

What is a flat-topped rock or hill formation with steep sides?

a)

Plateau

b)

Butte

c)

Plain

d)

Cavern

11.

What is the difference between a sea and a bay?

a)

A sea is saltwater and a bay is freshwater

b)

They are smaller than oceans

c)

A bay is partially enclosed by land and a sea is usually larger

12.

What forms when a river flows off of steep rocks?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Stream

c)

Brackish water

d)

Lake

13.

What are landforms?

a)

a map of the world

b)

a natural feature of the Earth's surface

c)

the study of the sky

d)

the science of maps

14.

Which of the following is not a freshwater landform?

a)

river

b)

waterfall

c)

lake

d)

bay

15.

How are a butte and a plateau similar?

a)

They are both carved out by rivers.

b)

They both have a flat area on their top.

c)

They both surrounded by water.

d)

They both are in the desert.