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landform

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of island closely scattered in a body of water is called what?

a)

A. hills

b)

B. plateau

c)

C. archipelago

2.

The tidal mouth of a larger river, where the tides meets the stream.

a)

A. hills

b)

B. valleys

c)

C. estuary

3.
An area of low land between two mountains or hills.
a)
A. plateau
b)
B. plains
c)
C. valley
4.
A wide area of flat surfaces at low levels.
a)
A. mountains
b)
B. plateau
c)
C. plains
5.

5. A long narrow deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs is what?

a)

A. plains

b)

B. plateau

c)

C. fjord

6.
A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
a)
A. plateau
b)
B. peninsula
c)
C. plains
7.
When pressure builds up in a mountain, eruptions occur.
a)
A. canyon
b)
B. volcano
c)
C. mountain
8.
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on all sides.
a)
A. island
b)
B. peninsula
c)
C. plateau
9.
A body of water that is surrounded by land.
a)
A. river
b)
B. lake
c)
C. ocean
10.
A large body of salt water.
a)
A. lake
b)
B. ocean
c)
C. river
11.
A large body of water that flows into the sea/ocean.
a)
A. river
b)
B. lake
c)
C. ocean
12.
This landform means "almost an island".
a)
A. island
b)
B. peninsula
c)
C. canyon
13.
No one lives in an island.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
14.
Valleys usually have a river or a stream flowing through it.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
15.
Valleys usually have a river or a stream flowing through it.
a)
A. True
b)
B. False
16.

_______ is a gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.

a)

A. canyon

b)

B. canyon

c)

C. mountain

17.
Most _________ have fresh water.
a)
A. lakes
b)
B. rivers
c)
C. oceans
18.
Rivers are formed by
a)
A. rain
b)
B. melting snow
c)
C. glaciers
d)
D. All of the above
19.
Canyons are formed by
a)
A. Erosion
b)
B. Weathering (wind, ice, weather)
c)
C. Both A and B
d)
D. None of the Above
20.
Which is NOT part of the 5 major oceans?
a)
A. The Pacific Ocean
b)
B. The Atlantic Ocean
c)
C. The Artic Ocean
d)
D. The Northern Ocean
21.
Name this landform.
a)
stalactites and stalagmites
b)
cave
c)
arch
d)
sand dune
22.

What kind of landform has very steep sides that were cut by a river's erosion and time?

a)

Ocean

b)

Plateau

c)

Canyon

d)

Hills

23.

What kind of landform is tallest of all, with a spiky top where snow may fall?

a)

Bays

b)

Hills

c)

Islands

d)

Mountains

24.

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains and very tall hills.

a)

Valley

b)

River

c)

Island

d)

Canyon

25.

Which type of landform stretches into the tides, surrounded by water on three of its sides?

a)

Island

b)

River

c)

Peninsula

d)

Valley

26.

To get to this landform, a boat you may ride, since water surrounds it on every side.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Island

c)

Hills

d)

Prairie

27.

Which type of landform is just one of seven? It's a really big place split up into nations.

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Continents

c)

Coasts

d)

Rivers

28.
Name this landform.
a)
delta
b)
canyon
c)
sand dune
d)
cave
29.

What is this?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Fire fighter

d)

Wildfire

30.

What is this?

a)

Thunderstorm

b)

Flood

c)

Windstorm

d)

Drought

31.

What is this?

a)

Flood

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tsunami

d)

Windstorm

32.

What is This?

a)

Thunderstorm

b)

Earthquake

c)

Landslide

d)

Wildfire

33.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Landslide

b)

Windstorm

c)

Tsunami

d)

Flood

34.

What is this?

a)

Wildfire

b)

Volcano

c)

Meteor

d)

Earthquake

35.

What is this?

a)

Wildfire

b)

Flood

c)

Drought

d)

Global warming

36.

What is this?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Landslide

d)

Wildfire

37.

What are these?

a)

Global warming

b)

Natural disaster

c)

Whether

d)

Season

38.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Huricane

b)

Landslide

c)

Earthquake

d)

Avalanche

39.

Name the natural disaster

a)

Earthquake

b)

Tsunami

c)

Avalanche

d)

Hurricane

40.

Name the natural disaster

a)

Tsunami

b)

Hurricane

c)

Landslide

d)

Avalanche

41.

Name the natural disaster

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tsunami

c)

Wildfire

d)

Landslide

42.

Name the natural disaster

a)

earthquake

b)

landslide

c)

avalanche

d)

hurricane

43.

Name this natural disaster

a)

Volcano

b)

Wildfire

c)

Landslide

d)

Tsunami

44.

What happens during a volcano?

a)

magma explodes

b)

dirt and soil slide down a hill

c)

snow and ice slide down a hill

d)

cold and warm air mix and form storm clouds

45.

What happens during a hurricane?

a)

magma explodes

b)

rain makes the land soft and it slides down a mountain

c)

an earthquake happens underwater and forms huge waves

d)

warm and cold air mix and form storm clouds

46.

Where do wildfires happen?

a)

near the ocean

b)

between the earth plates

c)

in hot and dry forests

d)

around the earth plates

47.

Where do tsunamis happen?

a)

in hot and dry forests

b)

near the sea

c)

at mountains or hills

d)

between the earth plates

48.

What are some natural disasters?

a)

A war

b)

hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and rain

c)

hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and volcanoes

d)

A very bad day

49.

What are giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions called?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tornadoes

d)

Hurricanes

50.

What are giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions called?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tornadoes

d)

Hurricanes

51.
Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?
a)
Water
b)
Animals
c)
Natural gas
d)
Wind
52.
What does conserving resources mean?
a)
Use as much of the resources as you can
b)
Only use the resources at school
c)
Protecting the resource so it does not run out
53.
Any useful material that is found in nature:
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Human Resource
c)
Plants
54.
Diamonds and other minerals
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
55.
We dig metal out of the Earth to make steel for buildings, cars, and buses. Metal is a nonrenewable resource.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
What is a natural resource?
a)
Resources we get from our house
b)
Resources we get from people
c)
Resources we get from nature
57.
Water is 
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
58.
Coal is
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
59.
Oil is
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
60.
Sunlight is
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
61.
Wind is
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
62.
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
63.

Which type of cloud is white and puffy?

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

stratus

d)

cumulonimbus

64.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
65.
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
66.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
67.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
68.
Cumulonimbus clouds mean ...
a)
fair weather (nice)
b)
thunderstorms
c)
rain/storms coming
d)
long periods of rain
69.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
70.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
71.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
72.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
73.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
74.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
75.
These clouds are wispy or curly, white, thin & feather-like
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
76.
These clouds are puffy and white and sometimes appear to have a flat bottom.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
77.
These clouds bring rainy or overcast weather.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
78.
These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightening, and sometimes hail.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
79.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
80.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus