What are Landforms?
A ____ is the highest land form with few flat places.
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Mountain
Most landforms change shape quickly.
*True or False
FALSE
Volcanoes change landforms - - page 78
*slowly
*quickly
*very little
quickly
Rocks form in different ways.
True or False
True
Water cover about __ of Earth.
* 1/4
*3/4
3/4
This landform is also high, but it is very flat.
*HINT - page 74
Plateau
Water and wind can carry tiny pieces of rock.
*True or False
TRUE
The outside layer of earth is called the ____
(rock, crust, plate)
crust
When melted rock from inside Earth cools which kind of rock forms?
HINT - page 80
Igneous
The deepest part of the ocean is the ____
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abyss
The landform usually has a rounded shape.
*Page 74
hill
Weathering and erosion change landforms
*very slowly
*very quickly
very slowly
(hot, cold, low)
hot
Pieces that make up sedimentary rock are ___ together.
(stirred, pressed, melted)
pressed
The ocean floor is completely flat,
True or False
False
This is a low, flat, or rolling landform that can be covered with grass.
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plain
The land shakes and can crack during an
(earthquake, volcano)
PAGE 78
earthquake
Inside of Earth, squeezing and heat form ___ rock.
(igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic)
metamorphic
A large ship that carries oil is called a
*Page 84
tanker