Landforms, Hey!: Crash Course Kids #17.1

The triangle-shaped piece of land that forms at the mouth of a river is called a

• Mesa

• Island

• Delta

• Cliff

Mark all the answers that are types of plateaus

• Mesas

• Deserts

• Valleys

• Buttes

True or false: Magma beneath the Earth's surface can swell to create landforms.

• True

• False

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When large plates, or pieces of the Earth's surface, collide and are forced upwards, they can create:

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Which is the definition of a plateau?

• A massive slab of rock below the Earth's surface

• A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides

• A large area of high land that is relatively flat on its top

• A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it

Mark all the examples of landforms

• valleys

• lakes

• volcanos

• mountains

• trees

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