Mountains
Tallest mountain range in the world
What is the Himalayas?
The three differences between mountains and hills
Two characteristics of plateaus
What is steep sides and big cliffs?
There are ___ major types of landforms
What is four?
Each mountain has a tip at the very top
One way hills are formed when rocks underneath the surface are always moving and changing the landscape
What is faulting?
Are created when the Earth's crust moves upward when tectonic plates shift
What is dissected plateaus?
Some plains form when _____ and _____ wear away the dirt and rock on higher land
What is ice and water?
True or False: Landforms can be formed by tectonic plate movement
What is true?
Another way mountains can form
What is molten rock erupting?
Can wear down a hill over time
What is erosion?
Are formed by many small volcanic eruptions that slowly build up over time
What is volcanic plateaus?
These types of plains form when lava pushes up from below the ground and flows across the land
What is lava plains?
Tallest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
The tallest mountains are formed by
What is plate tectonics?
Another way hills can be formed when rocks, dirt, and sediment are washed away from one area and pile up somewhere else
This plateau is rising about .01 inches every year for more than 10 million years
What is Colorado Plateau?
One of the most famous examples of a plain
What is the Great Plains?
True or False: Landforms are made up of only one kind of material
What is false?
Mt Everst's height or elevation
What is 29,032 feet?
This hill became a mountain range due to faulting. The mountain range is___
What is the Himalayas?
protects the plateau from erosion of the soil underneath it
What is caprock?
The Great Plains stretches across the following states:
(MUST NAME AT LEAST 3)
Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and parts of TX, MT, WY, CO, NM
Ms. Cao's favorite color
What is pink?