Land Vocab
A very tall landform in called a __________
mountain
Large, flowing body of water
River
Oceans are divided into 5 different depths, of which all zones have living creatures. True or false
true
What island chain is one of the United States?
Hawaii
What mountain range is in western US, including Yellowstone National Park?
Rocky Mountains
The low passage between mountains is called a _____
valley
A frozen body of water that slowly moves down a mountain
Glacier
This is the longest river in South America
Amazon
The Himalayas mountain range has the tallest mountain in the world, what is it?
Mount Everest
Which of the United States is an example of a peninsula?
Florida
The flat area of land with minimal change in elevation is called __________
plains
A large body of body surrounded by land on all sides
lake
This Biblical river is found in northern Africa
Nile River
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is inside the volcano and lava is when it is flowing outside the cone.
Which type of volcano has multiple exits in the cone?
Cinder Cone, Composite Cone, Shield Volcano
Often carved, this landform has very steep sides
canyon
How much of the earth is covered by water?
70-75%
The Ganges River is found along the northern boundary of what country in southern Asia?
India
The Andes mountains form a long chain of mountains along the west side of what continent?
South America
crack in the earth's plates allow molten magma to leak through and start building the cones
A large and flat area of land raised higher than the surrounding land
plateau
Two large bodies of water...both of which contain salt
ocean and sea
Name the 5 Great Lakes
Superior, Michigan, Erie, Ontario, Huron
What are the 2 different kinds of islands?
continental and oceanic (volcanic)
Name 3 different islands/island chains known around the world
answers will vary (Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland, Australia, Great Britain, Easter Island, Madagascar, Japan, Philipines)