A rounded landform that rises above its surroundings
What is a hill?
What is longitude?
Imaginary lines that measure North and South of the Equator
What are latitude?
When plates collide and push the earth up
What are mountains?
A narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
A landform formed by the eruption of molten rock, gasses, and ash
What is a volcano?
A landform characterized by considerable height and an elevated peak?
What is a mountain?
The meridian measuring zero degrees is
What is prime?
A piece of land almost completely surrounded by water (three sides)
What is a peninsula?
What are earthquakes?
A half of the earth is called a
What is a hemisphere?
Landform with a flat or gently sloping elevated area of land
What is a mesa?
The line of parallel measuring zero degrees is
What is equator
A piece of land completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
Fjords, lakes, bays, and valleys can all be results of this type of activity
What are glacial?
A large, flat or gently rolling area of land with grasses and a few trees and low-lying vegetation
What is a plain/prairie?
A fan shaped deposit of sediment found at the mouth of a river, where it meets water
What is a delta?
A low-lying area of land between two higher elevations
What is a valley?
What is plate tectonics?
A two-dimensional depiction of our three-dimensional globe is
What is a map?
A body of water that is smaller than an ocean, sometimes an "arm" of the ocean
What is a sea?
A large body of slow-moving ice formed from compacted snow
What is a glacier?
What is erosion?
What is an isthmus?