What is a landform?

• A feature on Earth's surface

• Tectonic plates

• Part of Earth's layers

• Fast changes like earthquakes and hurricanes

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Tectonic plate movement can change or create ​ (a)  

• landforms
• erosion
• weathering
• weather

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Landforms that are on land are called (a)  

• continental landforms
• oceanic landforms
• tectonic platers
• Earth's features

Landforms that are beneath the ocean are called

• ocean mountains

• continental landforms

• Earth's features

• oceanic landforms

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Oceanic Landforms

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(b) Continental Landforms

• Valley

• Ocean Trenches

• Continental Slope

• Hill

• Plain

• Ocean Ridges

• Island

• Continental Shelf

• Peninsula

• Canyon

• Mountain

• Seamount

• Abyssal Plain

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How many types of mountains are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What mountain is formed when tectonic plates collide and push upwards?

• Volcano

• Folded Mountain

• Dome Mountain

• Block Mountain

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What mountain is formed when tectonic plates collide and one plate pushes upward and the other plates pushes downward?

• Volcano

• Folded Mountain

• Dome Mountain

• Block Mountain

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What mountain is formed when magma pushes on Earth's surface and break through?

• Volcano

• Folded Mountain

• Dome Mountain

• Block Mountain

What mountain is formed when magma pushes on Earth's surface but does not break through?

• Volcano

• Folded Mountain

• Dome Mountain

• Block Mountain