Florida Landforms Unit 3 (Ch 4.5)

Which of the following is NOT a landform in Florida?

• Hills and ridges
• Lakes and rivers
• Glaciers
• Wetlands

How was Florida formed?

• Billions of years a chunk of rock broke off from Asia and formed Florida
• An earthquake erupted and caused the land to move together.
• For millions of years layers of limestone accumulated into layers.
• A volcano erupted and created the land we call Florida

3 landform regions in Florida include:

• south and northern highlands, and coastal lowlands
• north and central highlands, and coastal lowlands
• Everglades and beaches
• Western highlands and marshes

The Florida peninsula sits on a huge______________platform.

• Dune
• Marsh
• Limestone
• River

What is the longest river in Florida?

• St. Marks
• St. Johns
• St. Josephs
• St. Marys

Florida's ridges mark ancient __________?

• rivers
• bays
• coral reefs
• shorelines

Reefs are made of __________, the same mineral that is in limestone.

• calcite
• carbon
• calcium
• limestone

What is the largest lake in the state of Florida?

• Lake Wales
• Lake Okeechobee
• Apalachicola river 
• St Johns river 

The Everglades is a large ___________ that covers several thousand square kilometers.

• wetlands
• coastal feature
• river
• ridge

What landform region do you live in?

• northern highlands
• southern highlands
• central highlands
• coastal lowlands