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Land and Water Forms
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A quiz to review Earth's basic land and water forms
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Panama, which is pretty much a land bridge between North and South America, could be called a
Peninsula
Plateau
Tectonic plate
Isthmus
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The force which most likely created this landform was
Volcanoes
Humans
Erosion / Weathering
Continental Drift / Tectonic Plates
3
The amount of water in Antarctica's ice sheet is greater than is found in any one of the following oceans, EXCEPT
Arctic
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
4
Aside from mountains, another landform seen in this picture is a
valley
plateau
archipelago
glacier
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This is a picture of a
Canyon
Valley
Plateau
Plain
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A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
strait
cay
cove
bay
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The correct alphabetical order the following continents is
Antarctica, Africa, Asia, Australia,,
Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Asia,
Antarctica, Africa, Australia, Asia,
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, ,
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A long, narrow sea inlet, bordered by steep cliffs
cove
canyon
fjord
bay
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Incredibly, the hills of Freshkills Park in Staten Island were created by
Humans
Weathering / Erosion
Plate Tectonics / Continental Drift
Volcanoes
10
The force most likely responsible for creating this landform is
Erosion / Weathering
Humans
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics / Continental Drift
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The biggest of Earth's continents is
Africa
South America
Asia
North America
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Evel Knievel attempted to jump this landform with a "motorcycle"
Angel Falls
Blue John Canyon
Snake River Canyon
Niagra Falls
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Landform that develops where a river meets the ocean
archipelago
bay
strait
delta
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Aron Ralston lost his arm after a boulder pinned it to a wall in
Snake River Canyon
Blue John Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Antelope Canyon
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The Battle of Little Bighorn was mostly fought on this type of landform
Mountains
Plains
Dunes
Hills
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Of Earth's landforms, the ones which change most rapidly are
dunes
atolls
canyons
plains
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Italy and Florida are two of the more well known examples of
archipelagos
islands
atolls
peninsulas
18
This landform is an example of a
plateau
hill
mountain
dune
19
The following are all responsible for creating landforms, EXCEPT...
Weathering
Volcanoes
Birds
Humans
20
Besides North and South America, Earth's continents include all of the following, EXCEPT
Africa
India
Australia
Europe
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A ring or partial ring of coral that sits on top of a collapsed volcanic cone.
Archipelago
Fjprd
Cay
Atoll
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A piece of land that is entirely surrounded by water
island
archipelago
isthmus
glacier
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a low-lying, sandy island that sits atop a mass of coral
archipelago
fjord
peninsula
cay
24
The force most likely responsible for creating this landform is
Volcanoes
Continental Drift / Tectonic Plates
Humans
Weathering / Erosion
25
Earth's oceans include all of the following EXCEPT
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Caribbean
26
The Strait of______connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Sicily
Gibraltar
Egypt
Malacca
27
Devil's Tower, in the state of Wyoming, is a great example of a
Mountain
Canyon
Plateau
Delta
28
The world's biggest difference between high and low tides can be found in
The Strait of Gibraltar
The Bay of Fundy
The Bering Strait
Raritan Bay
29
From tallest to lowest, the correct order of the following landforms would be:
plateau, mountain, hill
mountain, hill, plateau
mountain, plateau, hill
plateau, hill, mountain
30
Of the four causes of landforms, the one most responsible for this one's creation was
tectonic plates
volcanoes
humans
weathering
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Also known as a gorge, this landform has steep walls and rocky cliffs
Mountain
Canyon
Plateau
Cove
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land. It has water on two sides.
archipelago
isthmus
strait
atoll
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The largest of Earth's oceans is the
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
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The landform that best describes this picture is a
bay
cove
archipelago
cay
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The low-lying area between mountains
plain
valley
canyon
cove
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Of the world's rivers, the longest is the
Mississippi
Danube
Amazon
Nile
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A long-lasting, slowly moving, river of ice on land
Archipelago
Isthmus
Mesa
Glacier
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A collection of islands, such as the state of Hawaii
Archipelago
Atoll
Isthmus
Fjord
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A VERY large part of the ocean that extends into the land
lake
cove
sea
delta
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Movement of these is responsible for the creation of mountains and volcanoes.
Archipelagos
Atolls
Valleys
Tectonic plates
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This could best be described as a
canyon
plateau
mountain
hill