McGraw Hill Earth Science Ch 2 Lesson 3

Relief means the difference in shape.

Landforms are permanent.

The Appalachian Mountains are ________ than the Rocky Mountains.

The landform with high elevation and high relief is a valley.

Topography describes differences in _______.

The _______ are grassy fields with thick soil that makes a great area for great farming.

An elevation with high elevation but low relief is _______

All ocean floors are flat.

The Atlantic Coastal Plains are on the west of the United States.

There are _______ continents.

The landform with low relief and low elevation is _______.

Most of the earth is covered by water.

There are _____ oceans.

What word does not describe topography?

Plateaus are formed by _______

The most common landform is plains.

The highest topography or relief is _____

70% of the earth is covered by dry land

The Grand Canyon is on the ocean floor.

I understand Lesson 3 of Chapter 2.

The _______ is the "roof of the world."

The Great Plains are along the Gulf Coast.

The Hawaiian Islands are really lava mountains on the floor of the ocean.

Erosion can wear away the earth's surface and change landforms.

The baseline of elevation is sea level.