Landforms and Florida

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What is a natural physical feature on Earth's surface? river, glacier, mountain, landform

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landform

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The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean is called a

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coastline

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What type of landform has a large, natural rise in elevation that has steep sides and is taller than a hill? Options: glacier, dune, hill, mountain

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mountain

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What is a glacier?

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a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope

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Hills formed by the wind blowing or depositing sand are called

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dunes

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What is a river? Options: a natural physical feature on Earth's surface, The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean, a wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water, a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope

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a wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water

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A large body of water with land all around it is called a 

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lake

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What is a delta?

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a triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water

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Sand dunes are mostly found in what landforms? (Options: rivers and oceans, streams and lakes, mountains and glaciers, coastlines and deserts)

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coastlines and deserts

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These landforms are NOT found in Florida: mountains and glaciers, coastlines and sand dunes, rivers and lakes, deltas

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mountains and glaciers