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6th Grade Earth Science - Exploring Earth's Surface
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1
A plain that is located
away
from the coast is known as what?
Uplands
Coastal Plain
Interior Plain
Exterior Plain
2
Fill In:
Topography includes an area's elevation, relief, and ______
Hills
Landforms
Shape
Mountains
3
A large area of land where topography is made up mainly of one type of landform is called what?
Landform Area
Landform Region
Landform Belt
Landform Group
4
What is another name for a landform region that is filled with plains?
Plain Range
Plain Belt
Lowlands
Highlands
5
Fill In:
Three major types of landforms are _____ , mountains, and plateaus.
Mountain Ranges
Uplands
Lowlands
Plains
6
The Great Plains and Rocky Mountains are examples of what?
Landform Systems
Landform Regions
Mountain Ranges
Uplands
7
Order these from smallest to largest!
A)
Mountain System
B)
Mountain Range
C)
Mountain Belt
C, B, A
B, A, C
A, B, C
C, A, B
8
What do we call a landform region of hilly topography?
Lowlands
Mountain Range
Uplands
Mountain Belt
9
Fill in the blank:
The height above _________ of a point on Earth's surface is it's elevation
sea level
the peak
the bottom
land level
10
Which word means "the shape of the land"?
Cartography
Topography
Relief
Elevation
11
What do we call a feature of topography formed naturally on Earth?
Landmass
Plateau
Building
Landform
12
Fill In:
A _________ is a landform with high elevation and high relief.
Mountain
Plain
Lowland
Plateau
13
The
difference
between the highest and lowest parts of an area is called what?
Elevation
Range
Relief
Height
14
Fill In:
A plateau has high elevation and ____ relief?
High
Low
I Wasn't Paying Attention Yesterday :[
Middle
15
Fill In:
A plain is a landform made up of mostly flat land with low _____
Hills
Elevation
Relief
Ranges