Landforms Level 1
The tallest landforms in the world are these.
What are mountains?
Low land between higher land with steep sides.
What are canyons?
The longest river in North America.
What is the Mississippi River?
Farming on steep slopes can cause these.
What are landslides?
These help prevent erosion on mountains.
What are nets and/or concrete walls?
Brooks and streams flow in to these.
What are rivers?
Beaches are made of these loose materials.
What is sand and gravel?
The country where you will find the Cave of the Swallows.
What is Mexico?
What is a cave-in?
When there is a lot of water and the ground is saturated, this natural disaster can happen.
What is a flash flood?
Walls of rock.
What are caves?
It is where streams and rivers begin.
What are hills and/or mountains?
The ocean that borders California.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
These elements of weather cause erosion.
What is rain (water) and wind.
These protect bats and prevent humans from entering.
What are cave gates?
Flowing bodies of water.
What is a river?
Water covers this much of the Earth.
What is 75% or three quarters?
On a map, this will help you with directions.
What is the compass rose?
Causes tsunamis.
What is an earthquake?
Humans build these to store water.
What are dams and reservoirs?
The tallest mountain in Alaska.
What is Denali?
Landform with water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
This island where Veradero Beach is located.
What is Cuba?
Valleys are formed by these slowly over time.
What are glaciers?
Humans build these to protect beaches along the coast.
What are seawalls and/or jetties?