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Earth's Surface - Land and Water

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an area of high land that has steep sides and a flat top

a)

plain

b)

plateau

c)

hill

2.

a large area of low flat land

a)

plain

b)

plateau

c)

hill

3.

a raised area of land, smaller than a mountain

a)

plain

b)

plateau

c)

hill

4.

What is a bay?

a)

ocean water that is partly surrounded by land

b)

a large chunk of frozen water

c)

body of water that flows downhill

5.

What is a river?

a)

ocean water partly surrounded by land

b)

body of water that flows downhill

c)

body of water surrounded by land

6.

What is a lake?

a)

ocean water partly surrounded by land

b)

a body of water that flows downhill

c)

a body of water surrounded by land

7.

Water that contains very little salt is 

a)
fresh water
b)
pure water
c)
salt water
8.

A ________________ is a part of the Earth made of rock and dirt.

a)

body of water

b)

landform

c)

lake

9.

A _____________ is a low area between mountains.

a)

island

b)

valley

c)

desert

10.

Which is true about islands?

a)

They are large rocky hills with peaks.

b)

They are surrounded by water.

c)

They are surrounded by land.

11.

How are lakes and oceans different?

a)

Lakes are deeper than oceans.

b)

Oceans are saltier than lakes.

c)

Lakes are larger than oceans.

12.

What kind of landform do we live on?

a)

plateau

b)

valley

c)

plain

13.

Which best describes the water that covers most of Earth’s surface?

a)

The water is mostly freshwater.

b)

The water is mostly frozen.

c)

The water is mostly saltwater.

14.

What is the name of this landform?

a)

mountain

b)

plateau

c)

volcano

15.

Deep valleys with very steep sides that are

usually carved by a river

a)

canyon

b)

valley

c)

volcanoes

16.

land that forms where a river flows into a lake or ocean

a)

delta

b)

foothill

c)

peninsula

17.

An area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean; land surrounded by water on THREE sides

a)

peninsula

b)

coast

c)

glacier

18.

On the map below, which letter represents an ocean?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

19.

Which of the words below correctly names this water form?

a)

lake

b)

river

c)

glacier

20.

Which of the words below correctly names this water form?

a)

river

b)

glacier

c)

stream

21.

Which of the words below correctly names this water form?

a)

river

b)

glacier

c)

ocean

22.

Which of the words below correctly names the landform?

a)

canyon

b)

plain

c)

valley

23.

Which of the words below correctly names this landform?

a)

volcano

b)

mountain

c)

plain

24.

Which of the words below correctly names this landform?

a)

canyon

b)

mountain

c)

plain

25.

Which word below correctly names this landform?

a)

volcano

b)

canyon

c)

island

26.

Which word below correctly names this landform?

a)

canyon

b)

island

c)

valley

27.
Where is the lake?
a)
in the mountains
b)
In the forest
c)
On the railroad
28.

On this map, the police are

a)

between two rivers

b)

next to the mountains

c)

between the mountains and river

29.

What is groundwater?

a)

Water that comes from deep inside the Earth

b)

Water that moves through the cracks in soil after it rains

c)

Salty water

30.

Michigan touches

a)

the Pacific Ocean.

b)

the Great Lakes.

c)

the Mississippi River.