8 Geography Revision

What landform is this?

• Mesa

• Butte

• Mountain

• Canyon

Name the plate boundary shown here. (1 mark)

This landscape is...

• a mining landscape

• an industrial landscape

When 2 streams join together to make one, larger stream, the smaller of the 2 streams is called this? Most rivers will have many of them!

• tributary

• tiny

• meander

• confluence

Which statement below best compares and contrast natural levees and man-made levees in relation to their effect on wetlands?

• The man-made levees hurt the wetlands by not allowing the river to ever flood or change course to replenish the wetlands with sediments. The natural levees do allow it to replenish the wetlands.
• Both type of levees can hold back flood waters. But, the man-made levees cost a lot to build and maintain where the natural levees build and maintain themselves.
• They both help hold back flood waters. However, man-made levees will allow the river to replenish the wetlands and the natural levees do not.
• Both type of levees can hold back flood waters. But, the man-made levees hurt the wetlands by not allowing the river to ever flood or change course to replenish the wetlands with sediments. The natural levees do allow it to replenish the wetlands.

What landform is this?

• Butte

• Mesa

• Mountain

• Arid

an imaginary line that measures a location's distance north or south of the equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Elevation

What type of Biome is this?

• Grasslands

• Taiga

• Marine

• Wetlands

These are all examples of natural causes of wetland loss.

• storms, subsidence, tectonic activity, and sea level rise
• channelization, invasive species, and man-made levees
• storms, channelization, tectonic activity, and invasive species
• invasive species, natural levees, storms, and sea level rise

Name this landscape.

• Arid landscape

• Alpine landscape

• Mining landscape

• Riverine landscape