Unit 5 - Lesson 1 (What Are Some Landforms?)

Question 1

Landform

Answer 1

Part of Earth’s surface that has a certain shape and is formed naturally

Example: hills, mountains, cliffs, flat areas

Question 2

Layers of the Earth

Answer 2

4
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core

Question 3

Crust

Answer 3

Earth’s outer layer

Made of solid rock

Question 4

Mantle

Answer 4

The layer below the crust

Made of soft, hot rock

Question 5

Outer Core

Answer 5

A layer of liquid metals at the center of Earth

Question 6

Inner Core

Answer 6

A ball of solid metals at Earth’s center

Question 7

Valley

Answer 7

The low land between mountains or hills

The sides are usually not steep

Question 8

Canyon

Answer 8

A valley with steep sides

Some rivers make canyons as they flow

Question 9

Mountains

Answer 9

Landforms that are higher than the surrounding land

Formed when 2 or more pieces of Earth’s crust push together or formed by volcanoes

Hills rounded but smaller than mountains

Question 10

Plain

Answer 10

Flat land that spreads out over a long distance.

Wide open spaces

Question 11

Plateau

Answer 11

Flat land which is higher than the land around it

Formed when flat land is pushed high up by the movement of Earths crust