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What is an archipelago?
a chain of islands
What is a similarity between mountain and a hill?
They are both high lands.
Which landform has flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.
Plain
The Appalachian Mountains is a _________________.
mountain
What is a mountain?
a natural feature of the earth that is high land with steep sides, with a peak
What is a difference between mountain and a hill?
Mountains are taller than hills.
Hills have round tops and mountains have a peak.
Which landform is a large flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean?
A river
Hawaii is a _________________.
Archipelago
What is a canyon?
A deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from a river.
What is a difference between lakes and islands?
Lakes are a body of water and islands are lands.
Which landform is a low place between mountains?
A valley
The Grand Canyon is a __________.
Canyon
What is a plateau?
a high flat land
What is a similarity between mountains and plateaus?
They both have steep sides.
Which landform is a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean?
archipelago
Florida is a _________________.
mountain
What is a peninsula?
a land mostly surrounded by water
What is a similarity between a lake and an island?
A bay
river