8 ECS Ch 1-1 Exploring Earth's Surface

1) What term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area?

• topography

• landform

• plateau

• relief

2) An area’s topography is determined by the area’s elevation, relief, and

• scale.

• landforms.

• latitude.

• longitude.

3) One major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain is in

• elevation.

• slope.

• relief.

• flatness.

4) A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface is a

• lowland.

• mountain system.

• coastal plain.

• plateau.

5) Which of these terms includes all the others?

• mountain system

• mountain belt

• mountain

• mountain range

6) Plateaus, plains, and mountains are the three main types of

• projections.

• elevations.

• relief.

• landforms.