Landforms Flashcards
What is a large body of salt water?
An Ocean.
What is a long body of water that leads to a larger body of water?
A River.
What is a body of water that is covered on three sides?
A Bay.
What is a shallow body of water that is enclosed by land?
A Lake
What is a raised area of land that is rounded?
A Hill.
What is a leveled area that is raised off the ground?
A Plateau.
What is raised off the ground and has a peak?
A Mountain.
What is raised off the ground and has a hole where magma erupts?
A Volcano.
What is lowered in the ground that has two hills next to it?
A Valley.
What is a leveled area of ground that has grass, and sometimes trees and other plants?
A Plain/A Prairie.
What has steep sides and is made out of rock?
A Canyon.
Which way does longitude go?
North and South.
Which way does latitude go?
East and West.
If you were to write out the longitude and latitude of somewhere, would longitude or latitude come first in writing?
Longitude.
True or False - The equator runs through Greenwich, England.
False.
