Landforms and water – practice for Years 4–5

Sample questions on Landforms and water with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject

Social studies

Year

Years 4–5

Curriculum area

The place where we live

Question types: Landscape words

Sample questions

1. Question 1 Easy

   What does each line describe? Match each item (1–3) with the right option (A–D).

   1. a man-made lake behind a dam
   2. a place where water falls over a step of rock
   3. low land between hills, often with a river

   • A) valley
   • B) waterfall
   • C) peninsula
   • D) reservoir
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. a man-made lake behind a dam → D) reservoir
   2. a place where water falls over a step of rock → B) waterfall
   3. low land between hills, often with a river → A) valley

   How it works: a man-made lake behind a dam – reservoir; a place where water falls over a step of rock – waterfall; low land between hills, often with a river – valley

2. Question 2 Normal

   What does each line describe? Match each item (1–4) with the right option (A–E).

   1. land with water on three sides
   2. the place where a river flows into another river or the sea
   3. a wide, flat area of low land
   4. a natural hollow in the ground filled with water

   • A) peninsula
   • B) lake
   • C) source
   • D) plain
   • E) mouth
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. land with water on three sides → A) peninsula
   2. the place where a river flows into another river or the sea → E) mouth
   3. a wide, flat area of low land → D) plain
   4. a natural hollow in the ground filled with water → B) lake

   How it works: land with water on three sides – peninsula; the place where a river flows into another river or the sea – mouth; a wide, flat area of low land – plain; a natural hollow in the ground filled with water – lake

3. Question 3 Hard

   What does each line describe? Match each item (1–5) with the right option (A–F).

   1. a man-made lake behind a dam
   2. a place where water falls over a step of rock
   3. low land between hills, often with a river
   4. land with water on three sides
   5. a line of mountains joined together

   • A) waterfall
   • B) valley
   • C) mountain range
   • D) reservoir
   • E) lake
   • F) peninsula
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. a man-made lake behind a dam → D) reservoir
   2. a place where water falls over a step of rock → A) waterfall
   3. low land between hills, often with a river → B) valley
   4. land with water on three sides → F) peninsula
   5. a line of mountains joined together → C) mountain range

   How it works: a man-made lake behind a dam – reservoir; a place where water falls over a step of rock – waterfall; low land between hills, often with a river – valley; land with water on three sides – peninsula; a line of mountains joined together – mountain range

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