Landforms
This flat, low-lying area of land is often found along rivers and is good for farming.
What is a plain?
This river is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
The state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time, including temperature and precipitation.
What is weather?
The layer at the center of the Earth, made mostly of solid metal. (Be specific)
What is the inner core?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This landform is formed where a river spreads out and deposits sediment near its mouth.
What is a delta?
This is a body of water smaller than a lake and often connected to one.
What is a pond?
Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from clouds to the ground.
What is precipitation?
The rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the uppermost mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This landform is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas, often with water on both sides.
What is an isthmus?
This body of water lies between two continents and is smaller than an ocean.
What is a sea?
A long period of below-average rainfall, often causing crop failure.
What is a drought?
These floating pieces of the lithosphere make up the Earth's surface.
What are tectonic plates?
This continent has the most volcanoes.
What is Asia?
This is a mound or ridge of sand formed by wind in deserts or near beaches.
What is a dune?
A body of water that is partly enclosed by land but has an opening to the ocean.
What is a bay or gulf?
A sudden, intense snowstorm with strong winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
This dense metallic layer is responsible for Earth's magnetic field.
What is the outer core?
This country has the most earthquakes each year.
What is Japan?
This is a depression in the Earth's surface, often circular, formed when a meteorite hits or the ground collapses.
What is a crater?
What is an estuary?
The long-term increase in Earth's average temperatures due to greenhouse gases.
What is global warming?
This layer's movement is responsible for the drifting of continents over millions of years.
What is the mantle?
This mountain range was formed over 50 million years ago and stretches across 7 countries. It contains Mt Everest.
What are the Himalayas?