Landforms Part 1
What are plains?
plains are flat lands with a few trees.
.What are volcanoes?
?These landforms are known for their explosive nature
This natural process transports pieces of rocks and landforms through wind, water, and living organisms.
What is erosion?
This human activity creates gigantic holes for collecting precious metals.
What is mining?
Nepal, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States are home to some of the largest examples of this landform.
What are mountains?
What are hills?
Although not the tallest of landforms, these can still be difficult to climb, but fun to sled down
What are islands?
These landforms don't really float on the oceans, but they are completely surrounded by water.
This natural process breaks down rocks, soil, and minerals into smaller pieces when it comes into contact with the Earth's atmosphere.
What is weathering?
What is land reclamation?
Magma that has reached the surface is called "________".
What is lava?
.What are mountains?
there is less oxygen at the top of these high altitude landforms
These landforms are found between mountains or hills.
What are valleys?
This colossal force affects landforms on a global scale by colliding and rubbing together.
What are tectonic forces?
This country is world-renowned for using dams to reclaim land from sea and protect against floods.
What is the Netherlands?
Valleys are formed by two natural processes, both of them made of water.
What are rivers and glaciers?
.What are plateaus?
This landform is created when mountains erode or when magma swells up below the surface of the earth.
These landforms are formed over thousands of years by compressed ice and snow.
What are glaciers?
What is glaciation?
This is the name of a city in the Middle East that regularly uses land reclamation to make beautiful islands and city developments.
What is Dubai?
What natural material forms deltas?
What is sediment?
This landform is very dry and has little/no water..
What is a desert?
This landform is usually in the shape of a triangle and is found where rivers meet the ocean.
What are deltas?
This natural process explains how eroded soil and rock is transported and creates new landforms in a new location.
What is deposition?
Humans have also indirectly caused huge decreases in the size of what natural landform.
What are glaciers?
The largest desert South of Argentina.
What is Antarctica?