Landforms / Waterforms

Question 1

body of water partially surrounded by land

Answer 1

bay

Question 2

narrow strip of land separating a body of water from inland areas

Answer 2

beach

Question 3

deep, narrow valley with steep sides.

Answer 3

canyon

Question 4

large narrow place

Answer 4

cave

Question 5

formed from a moving river, moving away sand and dirt

Answer 5

Canyon

Question 6

steep face of rock

Answer 6

cliff

Question 7

piece of land shaped like a triangle

Answer 7

delta

Question 8

place that gets very little rainfall

Answer 8

desert

Question 9

a piece of land that rises higher than everything surrounding it

Answer 9

hill

Question 10

land surrounded by water

Answer 10

island

Question 11

separates two bodies of water and connect two lands

Answer 11

Isthmus

Question 12

land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation

Answer 12

jungle

Question 13

large body of water surrounded by land

Answer 13

lake

Question 14

tallest

Answer 14

mountain

Question 15

largest body of water, 78% of the earth’s surface

Answer 15

ocean

Question 16

raised flat land

Answer 16

plateau

Question 17

landform surrounded by water in three sides

Answer 17

peninsula

Question 18

flat land

Answer 18

plane

Question 19

small body of fresh water

Answer 19

pond

Question 20

ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from the force of gravity to the ocean

Answer 20

river

Question 21

a narrow body of water that connects two bodies of water

Answer 21

strait

Question 22

mound of sand formed by the wind, usually along the beach or in a desert

Answer 22

dunes

Question 23

land sandwiched between two mountains

Answer 23

valley

Question 24

river or other body of water’s steep fall over a rocky ledge into a plunge pool below.

Answer 24

waterfall

Question 25

opening in a planet or moon’s crust through which molten rock, hot gases, and other materials erupt

Answer 25

volcano