Landforms and Bodies of Water - Free Printable

Let me carefully examine the image to understand the task.

The worksheet is titled "Land and Water Formations" and asks students to match each definition (a–j) with the correct term from the word bank on the right: river, bay, island, mountain, plain, lake, peninsula, valley, volcano, hill.

Then there’s a picture with labeled boxes where students are to color land and water and write the letter of each formation on the picture.

Since the user has not set any of the options (ExplainAnswer, TeachTopic, GeneratePractice) to true, I only need to provide the final answer — that is, the correct matching of definitions a–j to the terms.

Let me go through each definition one by one:

a. *an opening in the earth's crust from which lava flows* → volcano
b. *mound of earth with a rounded top; smaller than a mountain* → hill
c. *a thin natural waterway that allows water to flow into a lake or ocean* → river
d. *this strip of land that extends into a body of water* → peninsula
e. *low land between hills or mountains* → valley
f. *a large natural area of water surrounded by land* → lake
g. *large, tall rock that extends into the air; taller than a hill* → mountain
h. *a natural area of water that is mostly surrounded by land* → bay (a bay is an inlet of the sea, partially enclosed by land — fits “mostly surrounded”)
i. *a large area of flat land or gently rolling land* → plain
j. *area of land that is completely surrounded by water* → island

Let me double-check h: “a natural area of water that is mostly surrounded by land” — yes, that’s a bay (e.g., San Francisco Bay). A lake is *completely* surrounded by land (definition f), so h must be bay.

Also, j says “completely surrounded by water” → island — correct.

Now verify all 10 match uniquely to the 10 words given:

Word bank: river, bay, island, mountain, plain, lake, peninsula, valley, volcano, hill
Our matches:
a → volcano
b → hill
c → river
d → peninsula
e → valley
f → lake
g → mountain
h → bay
i → plain
j → island

All 10 used exactly once — perfect.

Final Answer:
a–volcano, b–hill, c–river, d–peninsula, e–valley, f–lake, g–mountain, h–bay, i–plain, j–island