Earth's Landforms and Natural Features

World Regions Chapter 1 Lesson 1

Question 1 - 10 Natural features on the Earth’s surface are called…

Answer 1 – 10 Landforms

Question 1 - 20 What is the name of the U.S.’s oldest mountain chain?

Answer 1 – 20 The Appalachian Mountains

Question 1 - 30 A triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river…

Answer 1 – 30 Delta

Question 1 - 40 The land next to a river…

Answer 1 – 40 Floodplain

Question 1 - 50 This says that the Earth is made up of many large, slow moving slabs…

Answer 1 – 50 Plate tectonics

Question 2 - 10 Sometimes when two of Earth’s plates push against each other, the edge of one plate slides beneath the other. The bottom plate melts and turns into ….

Answer 2 – 10 Magma

Question 2 - 20 Magma is molten rock under the Earth’s surface, what is it called when it is above the Earth’s surface?

Answer 2 – 20 Lava

Question 2 - 30 What type of volcano is formed when the magma erupts in a violent manner and spews lava into the air?

Answer 2 – 30 Cinder-Cone or Conical Volcanoes

Question 2 - 40 What type of volcanoes are formed from slow moving lava spreading across the land?

Answer 2 – 40 Shield Volcanoes

Question 2 - 50 This type of volcano has become inactive but not long enough to know if it will erupt again…

Answer 2 – 50 Dormant Volcano

Question 3 - 10 The name given to the supercontinent that our continents were once a part of…

Answer 3 – 10 Pangaea

Question 3 - 20 Scientists believed this caused Pangaea to break apart…

Answer 3 – 20 Continental Drift

Question 3 - 30 What are the names of the layers of the Earth?

Answer 3 – 30 The Crust, The Mantle, The Outer Core, and The Inner Core

Question 3 - 40 This is a break in the Earth’s surface where movement occurs between plates

Answer 3 – 40 Fault

Question 3 - 50 The geophysicist that came up with the theory of Continental Drift…

Answer 3 – 50 Alfred Wegener

Question 4 - 10 This is the process of breaking up rocks into smaller pieces called sediment…

Answer 4 – 10 Weathering

Question 4 - 20 This is the process of moving sediment from one place to another

Answer 4 – 20 Erosion

Question 4 - 30 This is the process of dropping, or depositing sediment in a new location

Answer 4 – 30 Deposition

Question 4 - 40 People build these to control the flow of rivers and produce electricity…

Answer 4 – 40 Dams

Question 4 - 50 The process people use to direct water into dry parts of the land is called…

Answer 4 – 50 Irrigation

Question 5 - 10 How many continents are on the Earth?

Answer 5 – 10 7

Question 5 - 20 How many oceans are on the Earth?

Answer 5 – 20 5

Question 5 - 30 This type of volcano has been erupting or erupted ever since people have been keeping track of them…

Answer 5 – 30 Active Volcanoes

Question 5 - 40 The Grand Canyon was created through the processes of …

Answer 5 – 40 Weathering, Erosion and Deposition by the Colorado River

Earth's Landforms and Natural Features