The Shapes of the Land: Homework

_________ is a feature, like a valley, canyon, cliff and glacier, that makes up the Earth's surface.

• Crust

• Ecosystem

• Plates

• Landforms

Which of the following is NOT a landform?

• Stream

• Canyon

• Valley

• Butte

Which of the following is NOT a landform?

• Mesa

• River

• Plateau

• Mountain Range

_________ is the effects of wind, water, and temperature on the landscape.

• Corrosion

• Evolution

• Erosion

• Endorsion

What do you call a large, flowing mass of ice?

• Ice cap

• Iceberg

• Glacier

• Ice plates

Which word describes the word "stable"?

• Unsteady

• Shaky

• Large

• Unchanging

Streams and rivers move about 1.5 billion tons of sediment into the oceans each year.

• True

• False

Mountains are more common in oceans than they are on land.

• True

• False

What do you call underwater volcanic mountains?

• Sea Volcans

• Sea Mountain

• Sea Vulkan

• Seamount

An underwater mountain that reaches above the surface of the water is called a "pangea".

• True

• False