Earth's Surface
How much of the Earth is made up of water?
70%
What is a landform?
Different physical features of the land
What is the third step of the scientific method?
Do an experiment
What is a body of water that is completely surrounded by land?
Lake
What is a low area between hills or mountains?
valley
How much of the Earth is made up of land?
30%
What is the difference between a mountain and a valley?
Mountains are higher than the rest of the land and come to a peak, valleys are low areas of land between hills or mountains.
What tool protects your hands?
Gloves
What is water that flows from one body of water to another?
River
What is a raised part of the land that has sloping sides?
Hill
How many layers of the Earth are there?
4
Which state is an island?
Hawaii
What is the last step of the scientific method?
Share your results
What is the place where running water drops off a cliff?
Waterfall
What has steep sides and a narrow valley at the bottom?
Canyon
What layer of the Earth do we live on?
The crust
What is the most famous waterfall?
Niagara Falls
What tool is used to hold small amounts of liquid?
Test tube
What is at the end of a river and divides into smaller rivers that flow into a larger body of water?
Delta
What is an area of land that is flat and elevated and usually has steep slopes of cliffs on at least one side?
Plateau
What are the layers of the Earth?
The crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core
Name three ways landforms are formed.
weathering
erosion
natural disasters
movement of the Earth's crust
deposition
What tool is used to see things that are too small to see with our eyes?
Microscope
What is sea or ocean that goes into the land?
Gulf
What is a piece of land that is elevated with a flat top like a table and is commonly found in mountain regions?
Mesa