Landscapes and Landforms

What are landscapes?

• Part of the earth's surface.

• Consists of a variety of geographical features.

• Divided into two main categories: natural and human.

• All of the options are correct.

This type of landscape is an elevated landform that rises above the surrounding landscape. This type of landscape appear on every continent on Earth.

• Mountain Landscapes

• Arid Landscapes

• Riverine Landscapes

• Human Landscapes

Mountains are created by the movement of the Earth's...

• Crust

• Magma

• Tectonic Plates

• Waters

This type of landscape is a strip of soil between mainland and the sea.

• Mountain Landscapes

• Arid Landscapes

• Human Landscapes

• Coastal Landscapes

The Twelve Apostles is an example of a... What type of landscape?

• Arid Landscapes

• Karst Landscapes

• Coastal Landscapes

• Riverine Landscapes

A riverine landscape is defined as a network of oceans and seas.

• True

• False

Which one of the following riverine landscapes is the longest in Australia?

• Murray River

• Swan River

• Moore River

• Patterson River

A desert is defined as an area of land which receives no more than 250 millimetres of rain per year. Deserts cover about one-third of the Earth's surface.

• Arid Landscapes

• Riverine Landscapes

• Human Landscapes

• Coastal Landscapes

Which one of the following is NOT an arid landscape.

• Simpson Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Great Victorian Desert

• Perth Desert

This type of landscape is made up of limestone. When water seeps into this soft rock, it slowly erodes.

• Human Landscapes

• Karst Landscapes

• Riverine Landscapes

• Mountain Landscapes