Landforms
What landform has a peak and a steep slope?
mountain
These large bodies of water are salty.
ocean/sea
A slow moving river of ice that changes the land.
Glacier
The sudden shaking and rolling of the Earth's surface.
earthquake
A drawing of any part of the Earth's surface. It is a type of model.
map
This landform is surrounded by water.
island
This starts in the mountains and eventually flows to the ocean.
river
Wind and water cause this slow change to the earth's surface.
eroision
Gas and lava shoot out of a volcano's crater during this.
eruption
This tells what a map represents.
title
A large flat area of land.
plain
This is fresh water surrounded by land.
lake
The sand that creates beaches comes from slow changes to this landform.
mountains
A massive wave often caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
tsunami
This is made up of pictures that represent things on a map.
key/legend
Hawaii is growing because of this landform.
volcano
This is a small river.
stream/creek
The breaking down of rock by wind and water.
weathering
Large amounts of water that fill up lakes and rivers until they overflow.
flood
This map shows physical features of a place.
physical
This is a low place between hills or mountains.
valley
Over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered with this?
salt water
These large plates move very slowly under the Earth's surface.
tectonic plates
When the side of a mountain or hill falls down.
landslide
This type of map shows boundaries of a place.
political