3rd Grade Quiz

Question 1

______body of water along a _____ but protected from the ocean

Answer 1

Shallow, coast Lagoon

Question 2

Hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has a ___ top and ___ sides

Answer 2

flat, steep Butte (not butter or beauty or butt)

Question 3

One of Earth’s principal landmasses: Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

Answer 3

Continent (not incontinent)

Question 4

_____of a body of water, usually ______ or pebbled

Answer 4

Shore, sandy Beach

Question 5

High steep ____ face.

Answer 5

Rock Cliff

Question 6

Area of a ___ or ____ partly surrounded by land

Answer 6

sea, ocean Bay

Question 7

Pointed landmass projecting into a body of ____

Answer 7

water Cape (e.g., Cape Canaveral)

Question 8

Deep ____ with steep walls cut into the earth by running _____.

Answer 8

valley, water Canyon (occasionally spelled cañon)

Question 9

Group or ____ of islands

Answer 9

chain Archipelago (e.g., Aleutian Islands)

Question 10

Narrow strip of land that lies between two bodies of ____ and connects two larger pieces of _____

Answer 10

water,land Isthmus (e.g, Isthmus of Panama)

Question 11

Land entirely surrounded by _____

Answer 11

water Island (e.g., Island of Misfit Toys)

Question 12

Land higher than level ground but not as high or as steep as a __________

Answer 12

mountain Hill

Question 13

Usually a ______ deposit of silt, sand, and small rocks at the mouth of a river

Answer 13

triangular Delta (e.g., Nile Delta)

Question 14

Dry area of land with fewer than ___ inches of precipitation a year

Answer 14

10 Desert (e.g., Sahara desert)

Question 15

Slow-moving ___of thick ____

Answer 15

river, ice Glacier

Question 16

Large area of a sea or ____ partly surrounded by land

Answer 16

ocean Gulf

Question 17

Landmass surrounded by water on ____ sides

Answer 17

three Peninsula

Question 18

Large inland body of ____ water or ____ water

Answer 18

fresh, salt Lake (e.g., Land O’ Lakes Butter)

Question 19

High, ____land; larger than a mesa

Answer 19

flat Plateau

Question 20

Broad, flat-topped hill with steep sides; larger than a _____, but smaller than a ______

Answer 20

butte, plateau Mesa

Question 21

Treeless ____ usually covered with tall grass

Answer 21

plain Prairie

Question 22

Elevation higher than a ____

Answer 22

hill Mountain

Question 23

Large natural stream of _____ that empties into another body of ______

Answer 23

water, water River (e.g., Chicago River)

Question 24

Entire body of ____ ______ that covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface

Answer 24

salt, water Ocean

Question 25

Low place between ____ or ______

Answer 25

hills, mountains Valley (e.g., Fox River Valley)

Question 26

Large body of salt water completely or partly surrounded by land

Answer 26

Sea (e.g., Dead Sea, where Uncle David swam)

Question 27

Narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Answer 27

Strait (e.g., Strait of Hormuz)

Question 28

Wetland of fresh or salt water with reeds and a variety of plant life

Answer 28

Swamp (e.g., where swamp monsters live)

Question 29

Opening in Earth’s crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected

Answer 29

Volcano (e.g., Mount Jack and Annie Book)