Florida Landforms and Deforestation

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

Florida's ridges mark ancient __________?

• rivers
• bays
• coral reefs
• shorelines

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

• Delta
• River
• Coastline
• Glacier

• Delta
• Glacier
• River
• Coastline

• Lake 
• River
• Coastline
• Delta