Landforms
A large hill with steep sides.
What is a mountain?
Dirt and other sediment flow down the river and creates a triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river.
How is a delta formed?
The collision or rubbing of large pieces of the earth (tectonic plates) causes these.
What are earthquakes?
Low spaces between two hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
When large pieces of the earth collide and force the earth upwards.
How are mountains formed?
The breakdown of the earth's crust into smaller pieces by forces such as wind, water, ice, growing plants.
What is weathering?
Large area of tall land with a mostly flat top.
What is a plateau?
Erosion of a mountain.
How is a plateau formed?
The movement of sediment (broken down rock) by forces such as wind, water, ice or gravity.
What is erosion?
A mountain that when erupts allows molten earth to flow out.
What is a volcano?
Vegetation grows between hills and mountains.
How are valleys formed?
The dropping of sediment (broken down rock) that is moved by erosion.
What is deposition?
Land areas where more water evaporates into the air than comes back through precipitation.
What is a desert?
Formed by breaking off from a larger piece of land.
How are islands formed?
The carving of the earth caused by the weight of a glacier moving down a mountain.
What is glaciation?