What am I? A Landforms Quiz

There are 21 questions.Write A, B, or C

on your answer sheet.

Good Luck!!

• I am a huge mass of ice that flows slowly over land.

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1. What am I?

•A- a delta•B- a swamp•C – a glacier

•I am a low place between mountains.

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2. What Am I?

•A- a valley•B- a peak•C – a plateau

•I am along flowing body of water

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3. What Am I?

•A- a canyon

•B- a valley•C – a river

•I am a very dry area.

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4. What Am I?

•A- desert•B- prairie•C – coast

•I am the top area or edge of a mountain range.

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5. What Am I?

•A- a ridge•B- a plateau•C – a canyon

•I am a piece of land that is surrounded by water on all sides.

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6. What Am I?

•A- a river•B- a peninsula

•C – an island

•I am a the top edge of a mountain.

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7. What Am I?

•A- canyon •B- a cliff•C – a peak

• I am a deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river

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8. What Am I?

•A- a mesa •B- a canyon•C – a plateau

• I am flat lands.

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9. What Am I?

•A- hill •B- swamp•C – plains

•I am the land next to or near the sea.

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10. What Am I?

•A- a coast•B- a waterfall•C – a loess

• I am usually a rounded elevation of land much lower than a mountain

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11. What Am I?

•A- a plain•B- a hill•C – a peninsula

• I am a natural stream of water that falls from a high place

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12. What Am I?

•A- a delta•B- a waterfall•C – a canyon

• I am a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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13. What Am I?

•A- a peninsula•B- an island•C – a valley

• I am a land formation with a flat area higher than the land around it and steep walls

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14. What Am I?

•A- a desert•B- a plateau•C – a peak

•I am a body of water completely surrounded by land.

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15. What Am I?

•A- a prairie•B- a lake•C – a river

• I am a triangular shaped area of land at the mouth of a river.

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16. What Am I?

•A- a glacier•B- a delta•C – a loess

•I am a mountainous vent in the Earth's crust.

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17. What Am I?

•A- a fault•B- a mountain•C – a volcano

•I am a very tall high, natural place on Earth

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18. What Am I?

•A- a mountain•B- a valley•C – a swamp

I am a river that has a mix of saltand fresh water.

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19. What Am I?

•A- a estuary•B- a island•C – a swamp

I am a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river.

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20. What Am I?

•A- a coast•B- a tributary•C – a swamp

21. Which of the following forces help to create

and change landforms?A- erosionB- gravityC – glaciersD – tectonic plates pushing into each otherE – all of the above

THE END