Landforms/Weathering/Erosion

A ________________ landform is a body of water that is partially surrounded by land. You may think of it as a large lake opened to a bigger body of water such as an ocean. They can be both large and small

• bay

• mesa

• plateau

• peninsula

A ____________ is a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

• wetlands

• hill

• volcano

• canyon

A _________________ is a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.

• ocean

• river

• wetlands

• hill

A _____________ landform is a place that gets little to no rain. The climate can be either hot or cold and sometimes both. Each of these landforms have one thing in common; it has less than 10 inches of rain per year and usually have a lot of wind because they are flat and have no vegetation to block out the wind.

• desert

• glacier

• canyon

• mountain

A ______________________ is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. These are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth.

• river

• mesa

• mountain

• volcano

A ____________________ is one of the most scenic and popular types of places people visit in the United States. People look at this type of landform as two steep cliffs with a valley that runs through it. The Grand Canyon has the Colorado River running through it.

• mountain

• valley

• wetlands

• canyon

A _______________ (Latin: paeninsula from paene "almost” and insula "island") is a landform surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.

• bay

• peninsula

• mountain

• island

A ______________ is a flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation. These occur as lowlands along the bottoms of valleys or on the doorsteps of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands.

• plain

• canyon

• island

• mesa

An _______________ landform is land that is completely surrounded by water. It can be any type of land. These can also be surrounded different types of water such as a sea, ocean, river and lake.

• canyon

• peninsula

• landform

• island

A __________________ is a vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure. These are formed as erosion landforms by the processes of weathering and erosion. They are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers

• mesa

• plateau

• island

• cliff