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Exploring Earth's Features

Questions: 5

Grade: 4

Words: 74

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Did you know the Earth is like a large puzzle with pieces that fit together? These pieces create features like mountains, plains, plateaus, and valleys. Mountains, like the tall Everest, are formed when two pieces push against each other. Plains are like huge flat parks, while plateaus are flat but high, like a table! Valleys are like long shallow dips between mountains. Isn't it fascinating how our earth is shaped? Explore and learn more!

Question 1

What are mountains formed by?

Wind erosion

Water erosion

Two pieces pushing against each other

Explanation. Mountains, like the tall Everest, are formed when two pieces push against each other, which is also known as tectonic activity.

Glacial movement

Sand accumulation

Question 2

What characteristic best describes a plateau?

Flat and low

Mountainous and high

Flat but high

Explanation. Plateaus are described as flat elevated areas, similar to a table.

Hilly and low

Steep and jagged

Question 3

How are valleys formed?

By wind erosion

By water erosion

By glacial movement

Between mountains

Explanation. Valleys are formed as long shallow dips between mountains.

By volcanic activity

Question 4

What is the Earth compared to in the text?

A ball

A puzzle

Explanation. In the text, Earth is compared to a large puzzle with pieces that fit together to form features like mountains, plains, plateaus, and valleys.

A map

A globe

A book

Question 5

True or False: Plains are described as huge flat parks in the text.

True

Explanation. The text describes plains as 'like huge flat parks', so the statement is true.

False

Maybe

Neither

Both

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