Landforms 1
What is a flat open space filled with grassy land?
Plains
What is a hot and dry piece of land called?
Desert
What is a body of water that makes up the most of Earth's surface, and is salty water? It surrounds the continents.
Ocean
What is a large body of ice and snow called? It can move across the land on Earth.
Glacier
How many continents are there on Earth?
7
What is a very steep landform that is the tallest landform on our planet?
Mountain
What is a large piece of land that can erupt with lava?
Volcano
Lake
What is a flowing body of water that is skinny and smaller than a river? It is freshwater.
Stream
Describe what plains look like.
Plains are a flat area land made up mostly of grass.
What is a raised area or mound of land?
Hill
What is the landform called where water meets land?
Coast
What is a large, flowing body of water that dumps into a larger body of water like the ocean?
River
True or False: a lake is made up of salt water
False. Lakes are freshwater
A _____ is a drawing of an area of Earth's surface.
a) slope
b) map
c) mountain
d) landform
a) map
What is a piece of land that is surrounded by water?
Island
What is a low piece of land that is between two mountains?
Valley
What is a small body of water that is freshwater and surrounded by land? It is smaller than a lake.
Pond
True or False: A steam is made up of freshwater.
True
A map key uses ____ to show where features are located.
a) observations
b) slopes
c) symbols
d) landforms
c) symbols
What is a natural feature of the Earth's surface that is land and it is not man-made called?
A landform
What is a large, steep area of land that is flat on the top and flat on the bottom? (hint: think of the Grand Canyon)
Plateau
What is a natural feature of the Earth's surface that is not land, and is not man-made, called?
A body of water
True or False: A pond is made up of salt water.
False. A pond is freshwater.
Describe what a plateau looks like.
Extra Challenge: How does it look different from a mountain?
A plateau is a large piece of land that has steep sides, and it is has flat land at the bottom and top of it.
It is different from a mountain because the top of a plateau is flat. The top of a mountain is pointy with a peak.