What landform is a tall, rocky area of land that is much taller than the surrounding land?
A. Glacier
B. Valley
C. Mountain
D. Plateau
C. Mountain
100
What is this landform?
A. Peninsula
B. Desert
C. Canyon
D. Waterfall
D. Waterfall
100
An earthquake can cause loose soil, rocks, pebbles, and snow to crash down the side of a mountain. What is this called?
A landslide.
100
A sudden and sometimes violent shaking of the ground is called an _________________.
Earthquake
100
A ______________ is a kind of mountain.
A. Plateau
B. Volcano
C. Plain
D. Lake
B. Volcano
200
What is a hill?
A. A very large, flat area of grassy land.
B. A raised mound of land that is smaller than a mountain. C. A dry area of land with few plants and little water.
D. An area of land that is flat on top with steep sides, that is higher than the surrounding land.
B. A raised mound of land that is smaller than a mountain.
200
What is this landform?
A. Plateau
B. Bay
C. Island
D. River
B. Bay
200
Volcanoes can form under water. When they get big enough, they reach the surface – an __________ is created!
A. Plateau
B. Peninsula
C. Lake
D. Island
D. Island
200
Earthquakes usually happen along a __________.
A. Crust
B. Fault
C. Volcano
D. Coast
B. Fault
200
Name one landform we have in our town.
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300
What landform is an area of land surrounded on all sides by water?
A. Bay
B. Island
C. Lake
D. Peninsula
B. Island
300
What is this landform?
A. Valley
B. Plain
C. Hill
D. Volcano
A. Valley
300
The Grand Canyon was formed by a river slowing wearing away at the rock over hundreds of thousands of years until the deep canyon was formed. What is this an example of?
A. Erosion
B. An island
C. An eruption
D. Weathering
A. Erosion
300
What is a fault?
A crack in the earth's crust.
300
Landforms can affect where people build ____________.
A. Amusement Parks
B. Cars
C. Communities
D. Planes
400
What is a desert?
A. A dry area of land with few plants and little water.
B. A large body of water surrounded by land.
C. A large body of ice that moves across the earth’s surface.
D. A place where a river or stream flows over a steep cliff.
A. A dry area of land with few plants and little water.
400
What is this landform?
A. Ocean
B. Canyon
C. Glacier
D. Waterfall
B. Canyon
400
A plant grows in a crack in the sidewalk and breaks the sidewalk. What is this an example of?
A. Evolution
B. An earthquake
C. Weathering
D. Erosion
C. Weathering
400
What is magma?
Molten (melted) rock.
400
Rainy, sunny, hot, snowy: these are examples of ________.
A. Climate
B. Vacation
C. Weather
D. Prediction
C. Weather
500
What landform is a very large, flat area of grassy land?
A. Bay
B. Island
C. Volcano
D. Plain
D. Plain
500
What is this landform?
A. Glacier
B. Plain
C. Desert
D. Ocean
A.Glacier
500
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering is when rocks are broken into smaller pieces, and erosion is shen water, wind, gravity, or other forces pick up and move the weathered rocks and sand.
500
What is the difference between magma and lava?
It's called magma when it's inside the volcano and lava once it comes out.
500
What is the climate in Antarctica?
A. Hot
B. Cold
D. Rainy
C. Snowy