Major Landforms Flashcards
What is the land above water known as?
Lithosphere
About how many plates float on the mantle?
15
Internal forces are known as…
Endogenic forces
What is the crest of a mountain known as?
Peak
What are mountains
A natural elevation in the Earth’s surface
Give 2 examples of fold mountains
Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies
Give 1 example of block mountains
Blackforest and Vosges ranges
What are the molten rocks inside the volcano known as?
Magma
When were residual mountains formed?
More than 250 million years ago!
What is the known as “the roof of the world”?
The tibet plateau
The Deccan plateau is which type of plateau?
Volcanic Plateau
Give one example of ‘border plateaus’?
Malwa Plateau in India
The Chhotanagpur plateau has vast resources of…..
iron, coal and manganese
Define an Isthmus.
A narrow neck of land joining two land masses and separating 2 large water bodies.
