TExES Social Studies Exam 232
Questions and Answers
The Earth can be divided into two primary categories of physical features: - Answer -
land masses and bodies of water
There are two major types of land masses: - Answer -continents and islands.
Continents: - Answer -The world's major continuous masses of land. There are seven
continents on Earth.
What are the 7 continents of the world? - Answer -North America, South America, Asia,
Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Europe,
Islands: - Answer -Small land masses not connected to any continent and surrounded
on all sides by water.
The terrain of land masses are shaped by - Answer -Landforms
The 4 major types of landforms are: - Answer -Mountains, Hills, plateaus, and plains
Mountains - Answer -an area of land that rises abruptly and steeply above the land
surrounding it.
Hill - Answer -An area of land that rises higher than the land surrounding it. Hills are
typically smaller than 1000 feet.
Plateaus - Answer -An area of land that is relatively flat and that is higher than the land
surrounding it
Plains - Answer -An area of land that is flat and lies at a low elevation.
Minor landforms - Answer -valleys, canyons, and basins
All of which are areas that lie below the area surrounding them.
Ocean: - Answer -A large body of salt water
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