Wide areas of flat land are called:
Plains
What is a dessert?
A sweet treat
What is a massive rock that rises high and is straight up and down?
Cliff
What are the two shapes of land?
Inland and Coastal
Sometimes islands are also:
Volcanoes
What does coastal mean?
Close to the sea
A dry land that can be hot or cold with little precipitatation is called:
Desert
What are landforms?
Features of the surface of the earth
What joins together to form a long line?
Mountain range
What does inland mean?
Far from the sea
What is the difference between inland and island?
Inland is a type of landform that is far from the sea. Islands are areas of land surrounded by water on all sides.
What are valleys? What do they have?
A low between mountains or hills that are U or V shaped, they have fertile soil
What is the difference between a dessert and a desert?
Dessert: Sweet treat (with 2 S) Desert: Dry area of land that is either hot or cold
What is a plain?
Wide areas of flat land
Features of the surface of the earth are called:
Landforms
Large areas of high and flat land that have at least 1 steep slope and a flat top is called:
Plateau
What are plateaus?
Large areas of high and flat land that have at least 1 steep side and flat tops
What is the landform that is surrounded by water on 3 sides?
Peninsula
What are the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands an example of?
Archipelago
What are deserts?
Dry areas of land that are either hot or cold with little precipitation