1. Landform Review
Chapter 1 Section 4

2. Huge towers of rock formed
Mountains
Huge towers of rock formed
by the collisions of the Earth’s tectonic plates or by volcanoes. They are usually steep slopes with high peaks.

4. Low lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land.
Plains
Low lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land.

6. Plateaus
Flat but have higher elevation. Sometimes steep cliffs form on one side.

8. Lower, rounded towers of rock often covered with grass
Hills
Lower, rounded towers of rock often covered with grass

10. Steep sided lowlands that rivers have cut through a plateau.
Canyons
Steep sided lowlands that rivers have cut through a plateau.

12. Valleys
Area between mountains and hills. A long stretch of land lower than the land on either side. Rivers are often at the bottom of valleys.

14. A narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
Isthmus
A narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.

16. A piece of land with water on three sides.
Peninsula
A piece of land with water on three sides.

18. Island
Body of land smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water.

20. Delta
a deposit of soil at the end of a river.

22. Continental Shelf
Off the coast of each continent is a plateau that goes for several miles underwater at the edge of the shelf a steep cliff drops to the ocean floor.

24. Ocean valleys. Lowest spot on the Earth’s crust.
Trenches
Ocean valleys. Lowest spot on the Earth’s crust.