Definitions
Definition of a hill.
What is a naturally raised area of land that is higher than the ground, but smaller than a mountain.
Name 2 bodies of saltwater.
What are oceans and seas.
When the earth is facing the sun.
What is daytime.
How long a day is.
What is 24 hours.
The only planet that has life on it.
What is earth.
Definition of a plain.
What is a big, flat area of land.
Name 2 freshwater bodies of water.
What are rivers, lakes, and/or ponds.
When the earth is facing away from the sun.
What is nighttime.
How long it takes for the earth to rotate on its axis.
What is 24 hours or one day.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta.
What is Dinosaur Provincial Park or Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
Definition of a mountain.
What is a large, rocky landform that is at least 300 metres tall.
The group of water bodies that can be either saltwater or freshwater.
What are wetlands.
True or False: All planets have summer at the same time as each other.
False
How long a year is?
What is 365 days.
3 groups that are a part of living things.
What are humans, other animals, and plants.
Definition of a plateau.
What is a raised area of land that is flat.
3 types of wetlands.
What are marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens.
How the earth is tilted compared to the sun when it is summer.
What is the earth tilted towards the sun.
How long it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days or 1 year.
What are land, air, water, and living things.
Definition of a valley.
What is a low area of land between mountains or hills.
The direction that water travels and how it forms various bodies of water.
What is downhill from smaller bodies of water to larger bodies of water.
The reason that we have seasons.
What is because the earth revolves around the sun. When the sun is tilted towards the sun it is summer and when it is tilted away from the sun it is winter.
2 landforms that are not in Alberta.
What are volcanoes, islands, and/or jungles.
4 landforms in Alberta.
What are mountain, hills, valleys, plateaus, prairies/plains, and/or glaciers.