Geographic Features Formative Assessment

a sizeable inland body of water.

• Tributary

• Lake

• River

• Ocean

a part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf.

• Gulf

• River

• Ocean

• Bay

a small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river.

• Tributary

• River

• Ocean

• Bay

a large natural stream of water that runs through the land.

• Tributary

• Bay

• Ocean

• River

part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay.

• Bay

• Ocean

• Tributary

• Gulf

 body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water.

• Mountain

• Peninsula

• Isthmus

• Bay

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

• Mountain

• Hill

• Plateau

• Plain

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

• Mountain

• Hill

• Peninsula

• Island

area of level land, usually a low elevation and often covered in grasses.

• Plateau

• Hill

• Plain

• Peninsula

 land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water

• Archaepelogo

• Peninsula

• Hill

• Island