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5 Written Questions

1. large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land.
2. broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast.
3. stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean.
4. area of low land between hills or mountains.
5. mountain creates as liquid rock and ask erupt from inside the earth.

5 Matching Questions

1. relief
2. source
3. physical feature
4. mesa
5. river

1. a broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau.
2. b large natural stream of water that runs through the land.
3. c changes in elevation over a given area of land.
4. d (of a river) place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands.
5. e characteristic of a palace occurring naturally, such as a landform, body of water, climate pattern, or resource.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. land with steep side that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill.
   1. meridian
   2. mountian
   3. mountian peak
   4. mouth
2. small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river.
   1. strait
   2. mouth
   3. tributary
   4. river
3. one of many lines on the globe grid that circles the earth north or south of the Equator; used to measure degrees of latitude.
   1. plain
   2. parallel
   3. valley
   4. relief
4. area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses.
   1. strait
   2. plain
   3. plateau
   4. ocean
5. a series of connected mountains.
   1. mountian peak
   2. source
   3. mountian
   4. mountian range

5 True/False Question

1. strait → area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses.
   

   True        False

2. paninsula → body of land jutting into a lake or ocean; surrounded on three side by water.
   

   True        False

3. Prime Meridian → line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude.
   

   True        False

4. seacoast → narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water.
   

   True        False

5. ocean → one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents.
   

   True        False