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Grade 2 Landforms Practice Test

Build Grade 2 science skills with five 10-question practice tests on mountains, hills, valleys, plains, plateaus, canyons, islands, peninsulas, coasts, and land changes.

Landforms Practice Tests

These Grade 2 Science practice tests help students identify common landforms and describe how land and water features are shaped. Students explore mountains, hills, valleys, plains, plateaus, canyons, islands, peninsulas, coasts, deserts, rivers, and lakes.

Skills covered

  • Identifying common landforms from descriptions
  • Comparing mountains, hills, valleys, plains, and plateaus
  • Recognizing islands, peninsulas, coasts, rivers, and lakes
  • Understanding how water, wind, ice, volcanoes, and earthquakes can change land
  • Connecting landforms to homes, farms, roads, harbors, and habitats
  • Reading simple maps and map legends

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Look for clues about height, shape, water, and location. After each test, describe one way a landform can affect how people, plants, or animals use a place.

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Grade 2 Landforms Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 2 Science practice test on mountains, hills, valleys, plains, plateaus, canyons, islands, peninsulas, coasts, and land changes.

Read each landforms question carefully. Match the shape, location, or change described with the correct landform or surface feature.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform may have several high peaks?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A mountain range.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A mountain range is a group or chain of mountains that may include several peaks.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A mountain range.

A mountain range is a group or chain of mountains that may include several peaks.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Where would you expect to find a valley?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Between hills or mountains.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Valleys are low areas that can lie between hills or mountains.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Between hills or mountains.

Valleys are low areas that can lie between hills or mountains.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform is often useful for farming because it is wide and fairly flat?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A plain.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Plains are broad, level areas where farming can be easier.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A plain.

Plains are broad, level areas where farming can be easier.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform is high but has a flat top?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A plateau.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A plateau is raised land with a flat or nearly flat top.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A plateau.

A plateau is raised land with a flat or nearly flat top.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A child sees water on every side of a piece of land. What is it?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is An island.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Water on every side identifies the landform as an island.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is An island.

Water on every side identifies the landform as an island.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a lake?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A body of water surrounded by land.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A lake is an inland body of water surrounded by land.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A body of water surrounded by land.

A lake is an inland body of water surrounded by land.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which feature carries flowing water across the land?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A river.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A river is flowing water that moves across land toward another body of water or a lower area.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A river.

A river is flowing water that moves across land toward another body of water or a lower area.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is the largest type of landform listed here?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is An ocean.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: An ocean is a very large body of salt water that covers much of Earth.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is An ocean.

An ocean is a very large body of salt water that covers much of Earth.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform is usually very dry and gets little rain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A desert.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Deserts are dry regions that receive very little precipitation.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A desert.

Deserts are dry regions that receive very little precipitation.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a sand dune?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A hill of sand shaped by wind.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Wind can move sand and build it into a mound or hill called a dune.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A hill of sand shaped by wind.

Wind can move sand and build it into a mound or hill called a dune.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 2 landforms

What is a landform?

A landform is a natural feature or shape on Earth's surface, such as a mountain, valley, plain, island, or canyon.

How can landforms change?

Wind, water, ice, volcanoes, earthquakes, and gravity can shape or move soil and rock over time.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 landforms questions in total.