10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt LandformsContinents Where in the World? Name ItHodge Podge
A large area of flat or gently sloping land
What is a plain?
A deep valley with steep sides
What is a canyon?
An area of flat land that is higher than the surrounding land
What is a plateau?
A narrow piece of land that juts out into a sea or lake
What is a peninsula?
The longest mountain range in the United States
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
The continent where the United States is located
What is North America?
The largest continent
What is Asia?
The only continent completely covered in ice
What is Antarctica?
The continent with more countries than any other
What is Africa?
The continent that includes Australia and New Zealand
What is Oceania?
Where the Mississippi River ends
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
Imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
Name two states not on the mainland of the U.S.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
The highest point in the world
What is Mount Everest?
The prime meridian runs on what line of longitude
What is 0 degrees?
Canyons, mountains, plateaus, peninsulas and plains
What are landforms?
The study of a place and the way the people live in it and use it
What is geography?
The kind of weather a region experiences over many years
What is climate?
A symbol that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions
What is the compass rose?
Things from nature like trees, minerals, oil and soil.
What are natural resources?
A cold, treeless area where the ground is almost always frozen
What is tundra?
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth’ surface
What are longitude and latitude?
An imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole
What is the Earth’s axis?
The seven continents of the world
What are North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and Oceania?
The four oceans of the Earth
What are the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic?