Earth's Features

Mountains are a type of of ___________ found on Earth's surface.

• butte

• canyon

• landform

• fault

___________ are deep, narrow areas surrounded by a mountain's steep sides.

• Canyons

• Buttes

• Patterns

• Trenches

__________ are cracks in the Earth's crust.

• Buttes

• Canyons

• Trenches

• Faults

__________ is a single hill that has steep sides and a flat top.

• Canyons

• Patterns

• Buttes

• Faults

Which word means the study of the Earth?

• Geography

• Continent

• Hemisphere

• Poles

• Symbols

What type of landform is formed by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river?

• Mountain

• Canyon

• Delta

• Plateau

When Earth is seen from outer space, why does it look mainly blue?

• Because it is covered with ice

• Because it is covered with mountains

• Because it is covered with oceans

• Because it is covered with deserts

_________ are long, narrow, sunken areas in the ocean floor.

• Basins

• Seafloors

• Trenches

• Landforms

Mountains and volcanoes are NOT common along the edges of Earth's plates.

• true

• false

Seafloors have ridges and broad basins.

• true

• false