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Landforms and Bodies of Water

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a body of water that is surrounded by land?
a)
lake
b)
river
c)
ocean
d)
sea
2.
What is a piece of land that is surrounded by water?
a)
island
b)
peninsula
c)
canyon
d)
plateau
3.
What do you call a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides, but connected to mainland?
a)
peninsula
b)
island
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
4.

Which of the following is an example of erosion?

a)

someone climbing to the peak of a mountain

b)

a river carrying away rock and creating a valley

5.

Order the following landforms from lowest to highest landform.

a)

valley, hill, mountain

b)

mountain, valley, hill

6.

A large landform that stretches above surrounding land usually in a peak.

a)

Lake

b)

Mountain

c)

Plain

d)

Valley

7.

A flat area or land.

a)

Ocean

b)

Peninsula

c)

Island

d)

Plain

8.

A large body of fresh water that flows into other bodies of water.

a)

River

b)

Plain

c)

Valley

d)

Lake

9.

A body of salt water that covers 70% of Earth's surface.

a)

Lake

b)

Mountain

c)

Valley

d)

Ocean

10.

What is a continent?

a)

The largest land masses on Earth

b)

An ocean

11.

What is a landform?

a)

a country

b)

The features of the surface of the Earth

c)

A Continent

12.

What is a valley?

a)

Low place of land found between mountains

b)

The tallest landform

13.

Ocean water is not usable for drinking or watering crops because it contains too much

(a)  

14.

Earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches are all ___ changes to Earth.

a)

slow

b)

rapid

c)

predicted

15.

an opening in the earth's crust that sometimes sends out rocks, gas, hot lava, etc.; also the mountain made of those materials that can sometimes form around such a vent.

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Which landform is a desert?

a)
b)
c)
17.
How do we refer to a deep ravine between pairs of cliffs carved by the erosive activity of a river?
a)
canyon
b)
valley
c)
ravine
d)
cliff
18.

Which of the following can create islands?

a)

plateaus

b)

valleys

c)

rivers

d)

volcanoes

19.

Large body of salt water that is partially surrounded by land and connects to the ocean.

a)

stream

b)

river

c)

ocean

d)

sea

20.

Which is the largest ocean?

a)

Pacific ocean

b)

Atlantic ocean

c)

Indian ocean

d)

Arctic ocean

21.

A(n) _____________ is a large hollow hole in the side of a hill or cliff or underground formed by natural processes like flowing lotic water.

a)

basin

b)

cave

c)

valley

d)

estuary

22.

A(n) __________ is a huge chunk of slowly moving ice.

a)

glacier

b)

canyon

c)

delta

d)

dune

23.

A(n)_________ is a lentic body of water that extends in towards the land. (Larger than a bay)

a)

reservoir

b)

gulf

c)

estuary

d)

river

24.

A(n) _______ is the mouth of a river where sediments like rock, sand, and soil build up.

a)

delta

b)

basin

c)

watershed

d)

tributary

25.

A(n) ________ is an area in a stream or river where lotic running water cascades down from a high place like a cliff.

a)

reservoir

b)

waterfall

c)

creek

d)

pond

26.

A ________ is an area of low land found between 2 mountains or hills.

a)

plateau

b)

valley

c)

peninsula

d)

dune

27.

A(n) ____________ is an area of land surrounded by water only on 3 sides.

a)

isthmus

b)

island

c)

tributary

d)

peninsula

28.

A ____________ is an an area of land that rises up above the land around it with a pointed peak.

a)

mountain

b)

hill

c)

plateau

d)

reservoir

29.

A(n) _______________ is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water.

a)

tributary

b)

island

c)

reservoir

d)

isthmus

30.

A __________ is a stream of fast flowing lotic water that flows downhill over the land into lentic water like a lake or an ocean.

a)

reservoir

b)

river

c)

gulf

d)

lake

31.

Land along an ocean is called a _____________.

a)

ridge

b)

dune

c)

coast

d)

range

32.

A ___________ is an area of land that rises up above the land around it with steep sides and a flat surface top.

a)

delta

b)

ridge

c)

canyon

d)

plateau

33.

A(n) ___________ is a body of lentic water completely surrounded by land.

a)

isthmus

b)

stream

c)

lake

d)

tributary

34.

A(n) _________ is an area of land that rises up above the land around it with a rounded top.

a)

canyon

b)

hill

c)

mountain

d)

volcano

35.

A(n) __________ is a group of islands.

a)

dune

b)

archipelago

c)

delta

d)

ridge