LANDFORMS
What is a mountain?
A high area of land with steep sides.
What colour represents low land?
Green.
What is the surface of the Earth made of?
Rocks
Which is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
Where do we normally build cities?
In plain areas.
What colour represents very high land?
Brown.
What are rocks made of?
Minerals.
Which is the softest mineral?
Talc.
What is a volcano?
An opening in the Earth's surface. Semi-liquid rock sometimes explodes out of a volcano.
What is a relief map?
A map that uses different colours to show high and low land.
What kind of rocks are granite and obsidian?
Igneous.
Which mineral makes bones and teeth healthy?
Calcium.
What is a landform?
A natural feature on the surface of the Earth.
What are contour lines?
Lines that show how high the land is.
Which type of rocks are the softest?
Sedimentary.
Name a metal that is a mineral.
Silver and gold.
What is a peninsula?
A long narrow piece of land that extends into the ocean. It has got water on three sides.
What’s the name of the maps that use contour lines?
Topographic maps.
What are metamorphic rocks?
Rocks that change due to high temperatures or high pressure.
What are minerals?
They are substances that exist naturally on the Earth.