Landforms

Question 1

What is a natural hot spring that emits a column of water and steam into the air called?

Accepted Answer

Geyser

Question 2

What is a large body of slow moving ice called that can carve and alter the land?

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glacier

Question 3

What landform is a flat landmass higher than surrounding land, often with one steep side?

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Plateau

Question 4

What landform is a sandy, pebbly, or rocky edge to a body of water?

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Beach

Question 5

What is an inland grassland area called?

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Prairie

Question 6

What landform is a group of closely scattered islands?

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Archipelago

Question 7

What is a deep, narrow valley with high steep walls?

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Canyon

Question 8

What landform is a long, deep narrow inlet of the sea between high cliffs?

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fjord

Question 9

One of the seven largest bodies of land on Earth.

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continent

Question 10

What is a ring-shaped island formed by coral buildup on the rim of an underground volcano?

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Atoll

Question 11

What are pieces of land surrounded by water on three sides called?

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Peninsula

Question 12

What is a man-made waterway used for travel or irrigation called?

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Canal

Question 13

What water feature is a stream of considerable volume?

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River

Question 14

What type of landform is completely surrounded by water?

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Island

Question 15

What is an area of low lying land that is always soaked with water and supports vegetation?

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swamp

Question 16

What landform is a vast treeless plain with permafrost a little vegetation?

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Tundra

Question 17

What type of mountains are formed when lava rises through the earth's crust?

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Volcano

Question 18

What body of water is completely surrounded by land?

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Lake

Question 19

What is a lowland between mountain ranges or hills called?

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Valley

Question 20

What is a large continuous body of saltwater that covers the earth called?

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Ocean

Question 21

What landform rises above the surrounding land with steep slopes and a peak or summit?

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Mountain

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