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Landforms

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

What does canyon mean?

a)

a V-shaped valley eroded by a stream

b)

 a mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand

c)

 a nearly level area that has been eroded or where the material has been deposited

d)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

2.

what does mountian mean?

a)

a mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand

b)

a gently sloping shore next to a body of water washed by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles

c)

a high, uplifted area with steep slopes

d)

 a piece of land surrounded by water

3.

what does sand dune mean?

a)

a curve or loop in a river or stream

b)

a nearly level area that has been eroded or where the material has been deposited

c)

a medium-to-large body of water surrounded by land

d)

a mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand

4.

what does plateau mean?

a)

 a curve or loop in a river or stream

b)

 a nearly level area that has been uplifted

c)

the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood

d)

a gently sloping shore next to a body of water washed by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles

5.

what does meander mean?

a)

the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood

b)

a V-shaped valley eroded by a stream

c)

a curve or loop in a river or stream

d)

a mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand

6.

what does floodplain mean

a)

a nearly level area that has been eroded or where the material has been deposited

b)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

c)

a large mass of ice moving slowly over land

d)

the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood

7.

what does plain mean?

a)

a nearly level area that has been eroded or where the material has been deposited

b)

a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river

c)

a low area between hills or mountains where a stream or glacier flows. Stream valleys are V-shaped. Glacier valleys are often U-shaped.

d)

a V-shaped valley eroded by a stream

8.

what does beach mean?

a)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

b)

a gently sloping shore next to a body of water washed by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles

c)

 a V-shaped valley eroded by a stream

d)

the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood

9.

what does caldera mean?

a)

a low area between hills or mountains where a stream or glacier flows. Stream valleys are V-shaped. Glacier valleys are often U-shaped.

b)

a large mass of ice moving slowly over land

c)

a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel

d)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

10.

what does island mean?

a)

a piece of land surrounded by water

b)

a medium-to-large body of water surrounded by land

c)

a large mass of ice moving slowly over land

d)

a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river

11.

what does lake mean?

a)

 a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

b)

a low area between hills or mountains where a stream or glacier flows. Stream valleys are V-shaped. Glacier valleys are often U-shaped.

c)

a medium-to-large body of water surrounded by land

d)

a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river

12.

what does river/stream mean?

a)

a mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand

b)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

c)

a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river

d)

a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel

13.

what does glaicier mean?

a)

a mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand

b)

a large mass of ice moving slowly over land

c)

a mountain made of lava, cinders, ash, and gases that have poured out through and opened in Earth’s crust

d)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

14.

what does delta mean?

a)

a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river

b)

a mountain made of lava, cinders, ash, and gases that have poured out through and opened in Earth’s crust

c)

 a nearly level area that has been uplifted

d)

 a nearly level area that has been eroded or where the material has been deposited

15.

what does volcano mean?

a)

a mountain made of lava, cinders, ash, and gases that have poured out through and opened in Earth’s crust

b)

a large mass of ice moving slowly over land

c)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

d)

a medium-to-large body of water surrounded by land

16.

what does valley mean?

a)

a nearly level area that has been uplifted

b)

a medium-to-large body of water surrounded by land

c)

a hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains away

d)

a low area between hills or mountains where a stream or glacier flows. Stream valleys are V-shaped. Glacier valleys are often U-shaped.