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What Are Mountains, Rivers, Islands, and Oceans?
What Are Mountains, Rivers, Islands, and Oceans?
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Review of Ch. 6 Social Studies
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Do oceans influence land temperatures?
Yes. They help keep it warm by the waves washing up on shore
Yes. They can warm or cool the land around them.
No. They have no influence.
Yes, but they can only make land colder.
2
The height of a mountain above sea level is called...
elevation
base
summit
mountain system
3
Earth's surface is covered by a thin layer of rock called...
crust
plates
lava
sand
4
An example of a river source would be...
the ocean
a forest
an iceberg
the base of mountains or hills
5
Young mountain ranges have...
rounded peaks and gentle slopes
sharp, jagged peaks and steep slopes
grass, water and trees
plates that are on top of one another
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Two or more mountain ranges close together.
volcanoes
mountain system
summits
fold mountains
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Newfoundland is an example of a
oceanic island
mountain range
continental island
glacier
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Sand and soil that collect at the mouth of a river.
tributaries
grasslands
delta
plates
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The highest point of a mountain is the...
crust
summit
base
slope
10
Why is there more and more of a demand placed on our water reserves?
natural watersheds being destroyed
pollution
all of the above
more water being used
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Volcanic mountains are formed when...
The sun beams a hole in the top of a mountain
Earth's plates slide under one another, causing heat & magma
Rain, wind, and snow shape the mountains over time
Two or mountains are in the same mountain system
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A continental island is formed when...
volcanoes erupted and spilled out new masses of land
Earth's plates slid on top of one another
Mountains rise up from sea level
melting glaciers raised the sea level, isolating the land
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When water evaporates and falls back to Earth as rain, snow or sleet
hail
lightning
precipitation
erosion
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Rivers start from a...
source
lake
ocean
peak
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Small streams that flow into a larger river are called...
lakes
crust
deltas
tributaries
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Most lakes are found...
In Africa
in the northern hemisphere
in Antarctica
in the southern hemisphere
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The wearing away of Earth's surface by water, wind, heat, cold or glaciers
peaks
erosion
rivers
magma
18
As rivers flow, they pick up ____ and carry it downstream.
seashells
silt
sharks
grass
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A rivers flows...
through mountains and volcanoes
uphill
downhill
until it evaporates
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Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor
mid-ocean range
rivers
seamount
ocean trench
21
A high point of land with steep or sloping sides.
mountain
sea level
elevation
valley
22
The percentage of the world's fresh water
50
3
5
70
23
A natural quality or feature (size, shape, & colour)
mountain range
minerals
fold mountains
physical characteristics
24
Natural streams of fresh water that flow toward other bodies of water.
rivers
bays
lakes
oceans
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A river can flow into...
a lake
All of the above
an ocean
Another river
26
Most volcanic eruptions occur...
in the oceans
in lakes
in Canada
on land
27
A tool that measures the depth of water using sound waves.
GPS
echo sounder
ocean floor manipulator
satellite
28
Coral islands are formed by...
gold and silver at the bottom of the ocean
overlapping plates of Earth's crust
material from skeletons of sea creatures
shipwrecks
29
Land just of the edge of a continent
continental shelf
seamount
abyss and abyssal plain
mid-ocean range
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An area of land surrounded by water
volcano
lake
island
ocean
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Most mountains are found...
in oceans
around the Equator
on islands
on the coasts of the continents
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Mountains that are formed when Earth's plates push together, lift, and fold.
valleys
mountain ranges
fold mountains
plate mountains
33
A naturally occurring substance that is neither plant nor animal (diamonds, silver & gold)
minerals
rivers
mountains
volcano
34
Do glaciers affect mountains?
No. They are nowhere near mountains.
No. They are not as powerful as mountains.
Yes, by creating high heat and magma.
Yes, by carving sharp mountain peaks and valleys by erosion.
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An island formed from a volcano that has erupted on the ocean floor
continental island
volcano island
oceanic island
Prince Edward Island
