Landforms and Landscapes _Consolidation 1

Landscapes that rise above the surrounding landscapes and have steep sides and high peaks are known as...

• Polar

• Mountains

• Karst

• Rainforest

True or False. Rainforests are the most diverse landscapes on earth with over 50% of the known plant and animal species found in them?

• True

• False

What am I? I have low rainfall and an arid and dry environment. I can experience extreme temperatures.

• Aquatic

• Islands

• Man Made

• Desert

Which landscape is sometimes called a Savanna and has small and widely spaced trees

• Karst

• Grasslands

• Rainforest

• Islands

The earth's crust is split into a number of plates called _______ plates?

When materials are moved by wind and water and over time new landforms are built. This process is called.....?

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Weathering

• Deposition

Erosion is the process whereby soil and rocks are ____ away and moved to a new location by wind, water and ice.

• blown

• transported

• worn

Landforms that are produced by the wind in forming of erosional or depositional such as ​ sand dunes?

• Fluvial

• Coastal

• Volcanic

• Aeolian

Landforms that are produced by the action of a river or stream e.g canyon or flood plain are called?

Mountains or hills, occurring either individually or as a series, that form through the upward movement of magma on the edge of tectonic plates or above hot spots in the Earth’s crust are known as....?

• Glacial

• Mountains

• Volcanic

• Fluvial