1. Earth’s Landforms
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2. What are Earth’s major landforms and how do they compare?
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What are Earth’s major landforms and how do they compare?

3. Landforms: Topographical features found on Earth
Can be found both on land and in the oceans
Identified by surface form and location
Can change over time

4. Elevation: Height above sea level
Landforms
Elevation: Height above sea level
Relief: difference in elevation compared to suroundings
Topography: Shape of the area

5. Low Relief and low elevation Broad Flat areas of land
Plains:
Low Relief and low elevation
Broad Flat areas of land
Form when sediment is deposited by wind and water
Good area for growing crops

6. Low Relief and high elevation Higher then surrounding land
Plateaus
Low Relief and high elevation
Higher then surrounding land
Steep rugged sides
Formed by uplift, erosion, or lava flows

7. High relief and high elevation Highest places on Earth
Mountains
High relief and high elevation
Highest places on Earth
Formed by volcanos, and uplifting during plate collisions

8. The Smith family plans to make a long car trip through the United States. Here are the areas they plan to drive through, starting from their hometown of San Antonio in south central Texas.

9. across the Gulf Coastal Plain
up the Appalachian Mountains
halfway down the Atlantic Coastal Plain
across the Appalachian Mountains
across the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains
up the northern part of the Rocky Mountains and to California
down the Pacific Mountain System
across plateaus in Arizona and then back home