1. Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

2. Landforms and Landmasses
Created by: Mr. Embry

3. Island – land area that is surrounded by water
Long Island
Archipelago – chain of islands
Hawaiian Islands

4. Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water
Cape Cod, MA
Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
Florida

5. Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain
Hills
Acadia National Park
Maine
Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
Elevation-Above Sea Level
Mount McKinley, Alaska

6. Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level
Plains
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Wyoming
Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land
Bateke Plateau
Gabon, Africa

7. Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation
Sahara Desert, Africa
Coast – land that borders the sea
Jones Beach

8. Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface
Europe
Africa
North America
Asia
Australia
South America
Antarctica

9. Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
Isthmus of Panama
Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait of Gibraltar

10. tributary map of Lake Erie
Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river
tributary map of Lake Erie
River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers

11. Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land
Jamaica Bay
Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.
Gulf of Mexico

12. Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land
Great Lakes
Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean
Black Sea

13. Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian

14. Canal- a waterway dug across land through which ships
can pass.
Harbor- a sheltered place
along a shoreline where
ships can anchor safely.

15. Landforms Quiz ___1. land area surrounded by water
___ 2. chain of islands
___ 3 narrow point of land that extends
into a body of water
___ 4. piece of land that is surrounded
by water on three sides
___ 5. area of raised land that is lower &
more rounded than a mountain
• ___6. high, steep, rugged land that rises
sharply above the surrounding land

16. Landforms Quiz Cont’d • ___7. broad area of fairly level land that is
generally close to sea level
___8. large area of high, flat or gently
rolling land
___9. area that has little or no moisture or
vegetation
• ___10. land that borders the sea
• ___11. any of seven landmasses on the Earth’s
surface
• ___12. narrow strip of land joining two large land
masses or a peninsula to a mainland

17. Check your answers 1. K-island •8. E-plateau
2. A-archipelago •9. C-desert
3. J-cape •10. H-coast
4. B-peninsula •11. G-continent
5. I-hill •12. L-isthmus
6. D-mountain
7. F-plain