Quiz about landforms
- 1. Elena García Marín What are Landforms?
- 2. What are landforms? Landforms are the natural shapes called landforms. There are many different types of landforms found on the earth: landforms of continental relief and landforms of coastal relief
- 3. What is a plain?
- 4. Plain A plain is a flat area on Earth’s surface.
- 5. What is a plateau?
- 6. Plateau A plateau is a flat area higher than the land around it.
- 7. What is a hill?
- 8. Hill A hill is a small elevation in the Earth's surface
- 9. What is a mountain?
- 10. Mountain A mountain is a place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.
- 11. What is a valley?
- 12. Valley A valley is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.
- 13. What is a depression?
- 14. Depression A depression is an area that is lower than its surroundings .
- 15. What is a canyon?
- 16. Canyon A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides
- 17. What is a peninsula?
- 18. Peninsula A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
- 19. What is an island?
- 20. Island An island is land that is completely surrounded by water
- 21. What is an archipelago?
- 22. Archipelago An archipelago is a group or chain of islands together in a sea or ocean.
- 23. What is a coast?
- 24. Coast A coast is the area where the ocean touches the land.
- 25. What is a lake?
- 26. Lake A lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.
- 27. What is a river?
- 28. River A river is a long flowing body of water
- 29. What is a cape?
- 30. Cape A cape is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea
- 31. What is a gulf?
- 32. Gulf A gulf is a part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger than a bay).
- 33. What is a bay?
- 34. Bay A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).
- 35. What is a strait or channel?
- 36. Strait or channel A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water