Landforms

Question 1

Mountain

Answer 1

a large natural elevation of the earth surface

Question 2

Peninsula

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Alluvial Plain

Answer 3

largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time

Question 4

Plateau

Answer 4

area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation about 300 to 3000 feet high

Question 5

Archipelago

Answer 5

a group of islands

Question 6

Island

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Lake

Answer 7

a sizeable inland body of water

Question 8

Canyon

Answer 8

deep and narrow valley with steep walls

Question 9

Beach

Answer 9

a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high and low water marks

Question 10

Hill

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Basin

Answer 11

area of land drained by a river or surrounded by lands of higher elevation

Question 12

Valley

Answer 12

area of low land usually between hills or mountains

Question 13

Delta

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Ocean

Answer 14

one of the four major bodies of salt water than surround the continents

Question 15

Gulf

Answer 15

part of a large body of water that extends into a shore line, larger than a bay

Question 16

Fjord

Answer 16

long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland

Question 17

Mountain Range

Answer 17

a series of connected mountains

Question 18

Mesa

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Escarpment

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Volcano

Answer 20

mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth