What are flat areas that are usually very fertile?
Aluvial plains.
This is a thin layer of Earth, made of rocks.
The crust.
These are low areas which have been formed by transportation and deposition.
Plains.
Which two factors are responsible for the shaping of the Earth's relief?
By plate tectonics and external agents.
What types of continental landforms are there?
Plateaus, plains, valleys and mountains.
What is this?
It's a fjord.
What is the lithosphere?
It's the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
What is this?
It's a basin.
True or false: Abyssal plains are very steep.
False: They are very flat and smooth areas on the ocean floor.
What type of chart/graph is used to express geographical data?
A pie chart, a bar chart, a line graph, a population pyramid or a climograph.
Complete the sentence: An ....... is a group of islands.
An archipelago.
What is magma?
Magma is extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
How much of the Earth's surface is taken up by land?
One third.
What external agents modify elevated landforms?
Erosion, transportation and deposition.
What 4 different processes occur in orogenesis?
Folding, folding and subduction, fault blocks and volcanic mountain formation.
True or false: Continental shelves are found in the middle of the ocean.
False, they are found at the coast.
What's the difference between an "ocean ridge" and an "ocean trench"?
A ridge is a high underwater mountain range and a trench is a narrow crevice located on the edges of the ocean.
What is the process of mountain formation called?
It's called orogenesis.
This forms the largest part of the Earth.
The mantle.
These are areas between mountains:
Valleys.
What is a cape?
It's a piece of land that extends into the sea. A small one is called a POINT.
What is the external layer of the geosphere called?
It's called the crust.
What was Pangaea?
It was a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
Complete the sentence: A.........is land which is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
A peninsula.