Landforms and Florida

What is a natural physical feature on Earth's surface?   

• river
• glacier
• mountain
• landform

The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean is called a

• dune
• mountain
• coastline
• delta

What type of landform has a large, natural rise in elevation that has steep sides and is taller than a hill?

• glacier
• dune
• hill
• mountain

What is a glacier?

• hills formed by the wind blowing sand
• a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope
• A large body of water with land all around it
• The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean

Hills formed by the wind blowing or depositing sand are called

• dunes
• rivers
• lakes
• mountains

What is a river?

• a natural physical feature on Earth's surface   
• The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean
• a wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water
• a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope

A large body of water with land all around it is called a 

• ocean
• river
• stream
• lake

What is a delta?

• a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope
• a wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water
• a triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water
• The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean

Sand dunes are mostly found in what landforms?

• rivers and oceans
• streams and lakes
• mountains and glaciers
• coastlines and deserts

These landforms are NOT found in Florida

• mountains and glaciers
• coastlines and sand dunes
• rivers and lakes
• deltas