Layers of Earth
Mountains and Volcanos oh my!
Where in the World
Landforms
The Five P's
100
the outer layer of the Earth
What is the crust?
100
Mountain System in the Eastern United States
What is Appalachian Mountains
100
longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
100
a portion of land almost completely surrounded by water (3 sides)
What is peninsula?
100
flat land
What is a plain?
200
mostly made up of iron and nickle, center of the earth
What is the core?
200
Mountain System in the Western United States
What is Rocky Mountains
200
What mountain system includes Mount Everest?
What is the Himilayas
200
a low bowl shaped valley drained by a river
What is a basin?
200
flat land raised higher than the land around it
What is a plateau?
300
layer of the Earth that includes the continents and the land under the oceans
What is the crust?
300
Volcano located in Washinton State in the Cascade Range
What is Mount St. Helens
300
On what continent is the Nile River
What is Africa?
300
low, long, flat area bordered on both sides by higher land, hills, or mountains
What is a valley
300
flat or rolling grassland with few trees
What is a prairie?
400
rock layer below the crust
What is the mantle?
400
volcano located in Hawaii
What is Kilauea
400
Longest River in the United States
What is the Missouri River?
400
a coral island consisting of a reef surrounded by a lagoon
What is an atoll?
400
the top of a mountain
What is a peak?
500
this layer is almost as hot as the sun, it is solid
What is the inner core?
500
tallest mountain on Earth (by elevation)
What is Mount Everest?
500
The continent that has the Amazon River
What is South America?
500
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
What is an isthmus?
500
a stretch of flat land located on the inside of a continent
What is an interior plain?