Landforms
The landform a sand dune is
What is a depositional landform?
The topography of a region is:
What are the differences of land elevations in that region?
The mountain with the highest elevation in the world
What is Mount Everest?
This is formed by the tectonic plate when a magma chamber deep underground empties
What is a basin?
These are mountain landforms that result mainly from forces within the crust
What are tectonic mountains?
The landform a volcano is
What is a depositional landform?
The kind of map a topographic map is
What is a thematic map?
Elevation is the height of a mountain's peak above
What is the mean sea level?
A seamount describes this landmass
What is an underwater volcano?
The longest and most extensive mountain system on the earth
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
The landform a volcanic neck is
What is an erosional landform?
Considered to be the largest landform
What is a plateau?
The continent with the world's highest mountain and 96 of the 109 tallest peaks in the world
What is Asia?
The ability of wind and water to transport sediment is most directly related to this
What is speed?
The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
What is sea-floor spreading?
The landform a stone arch is
What is a erosional landform?
A series of mountain peaks in the same geographical area
What is a mountain range?
The tallest mountain in Africa, which has year-round glaciers, though it is near the equator
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
When folded sedimentary rock strata are smoothly shaped, it indicates this
What are soft strata quickly folded?
Three places a mountain can be located
What can be found on an island, continent, or underwater?
The landform a monadnock is
What is an erosional landform?
Closely spaced contour lines on a map indicate this
What is a steep slope?
The mountain higher that Mount Everest even though its summit is lower
What is Mauna Kea?
The tower-like landform of volcanic rock rising above an eroded plain
What is a volcanic neck?
The zones at which tectonic mountains can form
What are convergent and divergent zones?