6th & 7th Landforms

What is a glacier?

• hills formed by the wind blowing sand
• a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope
• A large body of water with land all around it
• The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean

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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?

• glacier
• dune
• hill
• mountain

Hills formed by the wind blowing or depositing sand are called

• dunes
• rivers
• lakes
• mountains

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What is a river?

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

• ocean
• river
• stream
• lake

What is a delta?

• a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope
• a wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water
• a triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water
• The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean

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These landforms are NOT found in Florida

• mountains and glaciers
• coastlines and sand dunes
• rivers and lakes
• deltas

What is a valley?

• An area of low land between hills or mountains
• A large body of salt water
• A deep, steep ravine
• A piece of land with water on three sides

• Delta
• River
• Coastline
• Glacier

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• Lake 
• River
• Coastline
• Delta

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