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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

How is a mountain different from a hill?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A mountain is usually higher and steeper.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Both are raised landforms, but mountains are generally higher and steeper than hills.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A mountain is usually higher and steeper.

Both are raised landforms, but mountains are generally higher and steeper than hills.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform is lower land between raised areas?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A valley.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A valley is a low area between hills or mountains.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A valley.

A valley is a low area between hills or mountains.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which description best matches a plain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A large, mostly flat area of land.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Plains are broad areas with little change in elevation.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A large, mostly flat area of land.

Plains are broad areas with little change in elevation.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which feature is elevated but mostly flat on 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 rises above nearby land and has a broad, flat top.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A plateau.

A plateau rises above nearby land and has a broad, flat top.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

How is an island different from a peninsula?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is An island is surrounded by water, while a peninsula is connected to larger land.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: An island has water on all sides; a peninsula is connected to larger land on one side.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is An island is surrounded by water, while a peninsula is connected to larger land.

An island has water on all sides; a peninsula is connected to larger land on one side.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform has steep sides and can be cut by a river?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A canyon.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Canyons are deep, steep-sided valleys that can be formed or changed by rivers.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A canyon.

Canyons are deep, steep-sided valleys that can be formed or changed by rivers.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Where would you find a coast?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Where land meets an ocean or sea.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A coast is the place where land meets a large body of water.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Where land meets an ocean or sea.

A coast is the place where land meets a large body of water.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which landform often has a pointed or rounded high top?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A mountain.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Mountains are raised landforms that often have a peak or high top.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A mountain.

Mountains are raised landforms that often have a peak or high top.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which clue would help identify a desert?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Very little rain and dry land.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: Deserts are defined by dry conditions and very little precipitation.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Very little rain and dry land.

Deserts are defined by dry conditions and very little precipitation.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which clue would help identify a peninsula?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The land is surrounded by water on three sides.

  1. Read the landform clue: Identify the shape, height, location, or water feature described in the question.
  2. Match the description: A peninsula has water on three sides and remains connected to larger land.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The land is surrounded by water on three sides.

A peninsula has water on three sides and remains connected to larger land.

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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.