6th Grade - Earth's Landforms

Constructive Forces are forces that...

• tear down land.

• are topography.

• build up land.

• construct buildings.

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A Mountain is a landform with both high elevation and

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Label the landforms correctly.

b

c

d

e

f

a

Canyon

Plateau

Plain

Mountain

Valley

River

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Before modern technology, scientists and mapmakers studied the land and drew maps by

• using modern technology.

• imagining the landscape in their head.

• using satellites.

• hand.

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The boundary between land and a body of water is called a coastline.

• True

• False

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A plateau is a hill of sand piled up by the wind.

• True

• False

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In this image the dark lines are called...

• contour intervals

• elevations

• index contours

• slopes

When map making, surveying is done in order to ...

• determine the length of the ground.

• determine distances and elevations.

• find out what people like or dislike.

• find the proper tools to measure the land.