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Landform Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from silt, sand, and small rocks.

a)

lake

b)

delta

c)

volcano

d)

spring

e)

dune

2.

a larger body of water completely surrounded by land. 

a)

lake

b)

delta

c)

volcano

d)

spring

e)

dune

3.

natural body of water flowing under the earth. 

a)

lake

b)

delta

c)

volcano

d)

spring

e)

dune

4.

a mountainous vent in the earth’s crust through which ash, lava, and gases escape.

a)

lake

b)

delta

c)

volcano

d)

spring

e)

dune

5.

a scratch or carving in the bedrock made by the slow movement of a glacier.

a)

floodplain

b)

island

c)

plain

d)

glacier

e)

glacial grooves

6.

a large area of flat land.

a)

floodplain

b)

island

c)

plain

d)

glacier

e)

glacial grooves

7.

the low flat land near a river that often floods.

a)

floodplain

b)

island

c)

plain

d)

glacier

e)

glacial grooves

8.

land surrounded by water on all sides.

a)

floodplain

b)

island

c)

plain

d)

glacier

e)

glacial grooves

9.

a huge mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over time.

a)

floodplain

b)

island

c)

plain

d)

glacier

e)

glacial grooves

10.

deep valley with steep sides, usually formed by water. 

a)

canyon

b)

cave

c)

valley

d)

floodplain

11.

an underground hollow area formed by weathering.

a)

canyon

b)

cave

c)

valley

d)

floodplain

12.

A long narrow region of low land between mountains. 

a)

canyon

b)

cave

c)

valley

d)

floodplain

13.

land above weathered rock that has fallen in a hole in the ground. 

a)

mountain

b)

hill

c)

sinkhole

d)

volcano

14.

the natural elevation of the earth’s surface greater than 2,000 feet above sea level. 

a)

mountain

b)

hill

c)

sinkhole

d)

volcano

15.

natural elevation of the earth’s surface less than a mountain.

a)

mountain

b)

hill

c)

sinkhole

d)

volcano

16.

hill of sand formed by the wind, usually found near a desert or water. 

a)

lake

b)

delta

c)

volcano

d)

spring

e)

dune