Practice: landforms

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1. 1 · Landforms

   What is a landform?

   Think about the shape of the land.

   • a) A shape or feature of the Earth's surface
   • b) A type of rock
   • c) A kind of weather
   • d) A map of a city
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   Respuesta: a) A shape or feature of the Earth's surface

   Landforms are the different shapes, or features, of the land on the Earth's surface.

2. 2 · Inland or coastal

   A landform that is away from the sea is…

   in + land

   • a) coastal
   • b) inland
   • c) vertical
   • d) volcanic
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   Respuesta: b) inland

   Inland landforms are away from the sea; coastal landforms are near it.

3. 3 · Mountains

   What is the peak of a mountain?

   Look up!

   • a) Its bottom
   • b) Its pointed top
   • c) Its steep side
   • d) The river next to it
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   Respuesta: b) Its pointed top

   The peak is the pointed top of a mountain.

4. 4 · Mountains

   Drag the missing words

   Sierra Nevada is a group of mountains joined together.

   Sierra Nevada is a ____

   Fichas: mountain range · plain · peninsula · cliff

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   Respuesta: mountain range

   A group of mountains joined together in a line is a mountain range.

5. 5 · Spain

   What is the highest point in Spain?

   It is a volcano on an island.

   • a) Mulhacén
   • b) Teide
   • c) Aneto
   • d) Mont Blanc
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   Respuesta: b) Teide

   Teide (3,715 m), in Tenerife, is the highest point in Spain. Mulhacén is the highest in the Peninsula.

6. 6 · Cliffs

   Cliffs are almost vertical. What does vertical mean?

   Think of a wall.

   • a) Flat, like a table
   • b) Straight up and down
   • c) With a gentle slope
   • d) Under the water
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   Respuesta: b) Straight up and down

   Vertical means straight up and down, like a wall.

7. 7 · Match

   Match each landform with its description

   High or low? Flat or not?

   1. Plateau
   2. Plain
   3. Hill
   4. Valley

   • a) High and flat, like a table
   • b) Low and flat
   • c) Low land between mountains
   • d) Smaller than a mountain, gentle slope
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   Respuesta: Plateau → High and flat, like a table · Plain → Low and flat · Hill → Smaller than a mountain, gentle slope · Valley → Low land between mountains

   Plateau: high + flat · plain: low + flat · hill: gentle slope · valley: between hills or mountains.

8. 8 · Plains

   Why do we often find cities and farms on plains?

   Think about building and growing crops.

   • a) Because plains are flat, so it is easy to build and farm
   • b) Because plains are very high
   • c) Because plains have snow caps
   • d) Because plains are in the sea
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   Respuesta: a) Because plains are flat, so it is easy to build and farm

   Plains are wide and flat, which makes them good for building and for farming.

9. 9 · Valleys

   Which two shapes can valleys have?

   Two letters of the alphabet.

   • a) A and B
   • b) U and V
   • c) O and X
   • d) L and T
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   Respuesta: b) U and V

   Valleys can be U-shaped or V-shaped.

10. 10 · Comparing

    A hill is ___ than a mountain.

    Choose the comparative.

    • a) low
    • b) lower
    • c) the lowest
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    Respuesta: b) lower

    We compare two things with -er + than: a hill is lower than a mountain.