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Landforms
1. Geology-the study of the earth
and other forces
2. Geologist-a person who studies the
earth
14. Landform-a feature on the surface of
Earth, such as a valley, mountain range,
plain, or plateau
3. Plateau-a large, elevated area of
relatively flat land
4. Mountain-a natural elevation of the
earth’s surface of considerable mass
5. Mountain range-a group of mountains
with similar characteristics
6. Hill-a natural elevation of the earth’s
surface; smaller than a mountain
7. Foothills-hills that are at the base of a
mountain range
8. Volcano-an opening in the earth’s crust
in which molten lava, gasses and ash are
ejected
9. Crust-the hard outer layer of the earth
10. Caldera-a large crater formed by
volcanic activity
11. Lava-molten rock that reaches the
earth’s surface through a volcano or fissure
15. Sediment-Tiny bits of rock, shell, dead
plants or other materials transported and
deposited by wind, rain, or ice.
16. Canyon-a V-shaped valley cut by water
17. Channel-the course a stream follows;
the deepest part of a river
18. Floodplain-land that is covered with
water during a flood
19. Tributary-a stream flowing into
another stream or river
20. Meander-a curve or loop in a river
21. Delta-a triangular or fan shaped piece
of land made by deposits of mud and sand
at the mouth of a river
22. Deposition-when eroded materials are
set down (deposited) by water
23. Loess-deposits of wind blown soil
12. Magma-liquid or molten rock deep in
the earth
24. Glacier-a mass of ice that can occur in
valleys or over continents
13. Erosion-The breakdown and removal
of soil and rock by water, wind, glaciers
25. Iceberg-a chunk of glacier that breaks
off into the sea