5.1 Introducing Landforms

What is the genre of this story?

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Informational Text

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Who are the authors of this story?

• Mr. Contreras and Mrs. Garza

• Fred Wilson and Rayna Villarreal

• Bobbie Kalman and Kelley MacAulay

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Landforms are shaped by...

• wind, dirt, and snow

• wind, fire, water, and ice

• wind, fire, and sand dunes

What is a desert?

• a dry, sandy area of land without water and trees

• huge areas of flat land

• low landforms that are between mountains

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There are seven huge areas of land on earth called...

• continents

• mountains and plains

• wind and fire

The following is an example of what type of landform?

• canyon

• coast

• plain

• desert

4.Which type of landform is good for farming?

• a. Plains
• b.Canyons
• c. Mountains
• d. Coasts

5. Mesas turn into buttes because…

• a. They are too dry and get very little rain causing them to fall apart.
• b. The weather melts them down to smaller pieces.
• c. . Gravity pushes them down to the ground.
• d. Wind blows sand against the sides making them narrow.

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6.What can form islands?

• a. Rivers running on the sides of mountains.
• b. Volcanos erupting underwater and becoming tall mountains.
• c. An Oasis forming around sand.
• d. Volcanos being dormant.

8.What is a group of mountains called?

• a. Mountain Range
• b. High Mountains
• c. Mountain Groups
• d. Mountain Sisters

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