Quiz about Landform Review

Question 1

What is a mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupted from inside the earth?

Accepted Answer

Volcano

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Valley

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Tributary

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Cape

Question 2

Pointed top of a mountain

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Mountain Peak

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Mountain

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Continent

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Mountain Range

Question 3

Narrow Channel that connects 2 larger bodies of water.

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Strait

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Harbor

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Island

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Isthmus

Question 4

A body of LAND smaller than a continent and surrounded by water on all sides.

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Island

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Highland

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Basin

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Volcano

Question 5

Land lying next to a sea or an ocean

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Seacoast

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Glacier

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Highland

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Lowland

Question 6

A row of connected mountains

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Mountain Range

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Mountain Peak

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Mountain

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Continent

Question 7

Large body of saltwater completely or partly surrounded by land

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sea

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island

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mesa

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reef

Question 8

Wide strait or waterway between two land masses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway

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Channel

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Plateau

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Volcano

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Mountain

Question 9

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

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Isthmus

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Highland

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Island

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Escarpment

Question 10

The place where a river empties into a larger body of water.

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River Mouth

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River

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Continent

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Lake

Question 11

Direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream

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Upstream

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Downstream

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Plateau

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Peninsula

Question 12

Deep and narrow valley with steep walls

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Canyon

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Harbor

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Seacoast

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Glacier

Question 13

Stretch of high land that separates river systems

Accepted Answer

Divide

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Cliff

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Oasis

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Glacier

Question 14

A large area of nearly level LAND.

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Plain

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Oasis

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Gulf

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Glacier

Question 15

Broad, flat topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau

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Mesa

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Sea

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Gulf

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Delta

Question 16

Area of land drained by a river and tributaries. It is surrounded by lands of higher elevations

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Basin

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Plateau

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Island

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Ocean

Question 17

A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface

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Escarpment

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Tributary

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Plateau

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Continent

Question 18

Area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300-3,000 feet high, larger than a mesa

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Plateau

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Ocean

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Basin

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Glacier

Question 19

A group of islands

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Archipelago

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Tributary

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Escarpment

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Mountain Peak

Question 20

Direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth

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Downstream

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Ocean current

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Upstream

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Island

Question 21

Land, usually level, at a low elevation

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Lowland

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Highland

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Mesa

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Tributary

Question 22

Land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill

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Mountain

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Continent

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Volcano

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Downstream

Question 23

An area of low land between hills or mountains, usually has a river

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Valley

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Canyon

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Island

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Glacier

Question 24

Broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast

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Sound

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Hill

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Delta

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Mesa

Question 25

A large area of sea or ocean that is partially enclosed; larger than a bay. (WATER)

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Gulf

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Cape

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Reef

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Plain

Question 26

A stream or river that flows into a larger river

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Tributaries

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Gulf

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Isthmus

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Highland

Question 27

Elevated land area such as a hill, mountain or plateau

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Highland

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Glacier

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Tributary

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Island

Question 28

Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain

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Hill

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Delta

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Plain

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Gulf

Question 29

Portion of LAND nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body of LAND.

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Peninsula

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Island

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Downstream

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Plateau

Question 30

One of the seven large landmasses on the earth

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Continent

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Ocean

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Glacier

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Gulf

Question 31

A chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water

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Reef

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Ocean

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Harbor

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River

Question 32

An extension of LAND that sticks out into a river, bay or ocean. It is smaller and thinner than a peninsula.

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Cape

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Lake

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Channel

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Gulf

Question 33

One of the five major bodies of salt water that surround the continents

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Ocean

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Continent

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Volcano

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Basin

Question 34

Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land

Accepted Answer

Glacier

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Isthmus

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Plateau

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Seacoast

Question 35

Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

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Delta

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Island

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Mesa

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Sound

Question 36

Steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice

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Cliff

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Lowland

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Canyon

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Valley

Question 37

A large inland body of water

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Lake

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Valley

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Cape

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Tributary

Question 38

An inlet of the sea or other body of WATER. It is smaller than a gulf. It extends into land.

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Bay

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Valley

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Mesa

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Cape

Question 39

Large natural stream of water that runs through the land

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River

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Divide

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Reef

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Glacier

Question 40

Any natural characteristic of Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water, climate, pattern or resource

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Physical feature

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Ocean current

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Plateau

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Channel

Question 41

Sheltered place along shoreline where ships can anchor safely

Accepted Answer

Harbor

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Glacier

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Cliff

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Plain

Question 42

Small area in a desert where water and vegetation can be found

Accepted Answer

Oasis

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Peninsula

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Cape

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River

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