Landforms
Bodies of water
Biomes
Vocabulary words
Landforms (2)
100
The different shapes of Earth's surface is called ______.
landforms
100
A large inland body of standing water is a _______.
Lake
100
An area with less than ten inches of rain per year with a rocky,sandy, dry surface is what biome?
desert
100
A symbol on a map that shows the directions: North, South, East, and West
A compass rose
100
An area of land completely surrounded by water is an______.
Island
200
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called _______.
isthmus
200
A large body of water that cuts deep into the land is called a ______.
Gulf
200
A dense, either tropical or temperate forest that receives a lot of rain all year round is what biome?
Rainforest
200
________ is the overall weather over time in an area.
Climate
200
A group or cluster of many islands.
Archipelago
300
A land form that is very high and steep is called _____. They are usually are wide at the bottle and rise to a narrow peak.
mountains
300
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water is called a ______.
Strait
300
A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year and a vast treeless plain where subsoil is always frozen describes what biome?
Tundra
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! worth 600 points! In what country would you find a province in the Western Hemisphere?
Canada
300
A piece of land nearly surrounded by water or sticking out into the water is a __________.
Peninsula
400
An area of land surrounded by water and small than a continent.
an island
400
A part of an ocean or lake extending into the land, usually smaller than a gulf is called a ______.
Bay
400
What biome has flat or rolling areas of land covered in grass?
Prairie
400
What type of map would you find state capitals, borders of countries, state borders?
Political
400
The Andes Mountains are located in which country? A. Canada B. Argentina C. Peru D. Greenland
C- Argentina.
500
A high, flat land is called _______.
plateau
500
A large stream of water that flows into a lake, ocean or other body of water is called a _______.
River
500
What is the fertile placed in the desert where there is water and some vegetation called?
oasis
500
What type of map would you see landforms on?
A physical map
500
Which of the following is NOT a land form? A. City B. Gulf C. Peninsula D. valley
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