Landforms 1
A large, tall, rocky area of land that comes up out of the Earth's surface.
What is a mountain?
Capital of New Hampshire.
What is Concord?
A deep valley with steep sides.
What is a canyon?
A tool used to tell the cardinal directions on a map.
What is a Compass Rose?
A mound of raised land that is smaller than a mountain and has grass or dirt on it.
What is a hill?
The tallest mountain in New Hampshire.
What is Mount Washington?
The imaginary line around the center of a globe or map separating the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the Equator?
An area of low ground between two hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
The largest lake in New Hampshire.
What is Lake Winnipesaukee?
A narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a Strait?
A dry, sandy area of land that is very hot in the daytime.
What is a desert?
Name three continents.
What is North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Antarctica?
A large low area of flat land that is often grassy.
What is a plain?
The largest river in New Hampshire.
What is the Merrimack River?
A large area of water that is mostly surrounded by land and is open to the ocean?
What is a gulf?
A strip of land that extends out and is surrounded on three sides with water.
What is a peninsula?
Name three oceans.
What is the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, or Southern Ocean?
A large raised area of land that is higher than the land around it and has a flat top.
What is a plateau?
What kind of rock are the mountains made of in New Hampshire?
What is Granite?
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.
What is a tributary?
A piece of land at the edge of a body of water usually filled with sand.
What is a beach?
What are the lines called that run north and south on a globe that are 15 degrees apart.
What are lines of Latitude? (Or Parallels.)