Exercises
A. Give short answers.
1. Name the three major types of landforms.
2. What are mountains?
3. What is a plateau? Give two examples.
4. What is a plain?
5. Write two ways of earning a living in the mountains.
Answers
Ans 1) : Mountains, plateaus, and plains are the three major types of landforms.
Ans 2) : A mountain is any natural elevation of the earth surface. The mountains may have a small summit and a broad base. It is considerably higher than the surrounding area. Some mountains are even higher than the clouds.
Ans 3) : A plateau is an elevated land with a flat top, bound by steep slopes on one or more sides
Ans 4) : A plain is a landmass that is flat or gently rolling and covers many miles. There are also different types of plains such as prairies, grasslands and steppes.
Answer:
1. Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains are the four major types of landforms.
2. A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. A mountain differs from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is larger than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1000 feet) above the surrounding land.
3.plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Plateaus occur on every continent and take up a third of the Earths land. They are one of the four major landforms, along with mountains, plains, and hills.
Example
1 Mexican Plateau
2 Patagonian Plateau
4. A plain is a landmass that is flat or gently rolling and covers many miles. There are also different types of plains such as prairies, grasslands and steppes
5.
1 farmers graze their animals on them.
2 forestry companies grow coniferous forest and harvest wood on them.
3 forestry companies grow coniferous forest and harvest wood on them.climbers and tourists visit them for the scenery.