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Experiment: Common Landforms in the United
States (E. Science 9-6-1 c)
Purpose: To become familiar with some of the
different kinds of landforms that one might see if
they were to travel across the USA.
Materials:
Appendix H
Results:
1. Each landform can be classified into one of the
: three general groups: mountains, plains, or
plateaus. Within these general groups, many
different types of landforms exist. The List on the
left contains well known landforms or landscape
features of the USA Match the name with the
appropriate description on the right. (As you match
each of the landforms you may want to label each on the map
on the back side of this lab - or do allthe labeling after).
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Ozark Mountains
A. an. a,ccumulation
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Coastal Plain
of sediment
deposited by a large
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Atlantic
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Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Great Plains
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Cascade Mountains
C .. a high area in the northwest United States composed
of lava
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Mississippi Delta
Great Lakes
D. folded mountain
system
E. dome mountains
near the Mississippi
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Appalachian
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Mississippi River Valley
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Colorado Plateau
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Columbia(Lava)Plateau
Great Salt Lake
1. the mountain
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Appalachian
J.
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Grand Canyon
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Rocky Mountains
K. glacial carved lakes
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Niagara Falls
Grand Tetons
L. recently uplifted flat lying beds cut into deeply by the
Colorado River
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Mount St. Helens
M. low lying region in the central United States
Plateau
Mountains
B. old, nearly flat lying rock layers along the western
edge of the Appalachians
F. fault block mountains
G. a mountain
River valley
in Wyoming
range mostly in California
H. lowland area between the Appalachian Mountains
and the eastern coastline of the United States
range containing
large flat lying region
United States
Mount St. Helens
in the central
N. large upwarped mountain
Canada to Mexico
system
running
O. a large lake in Utah
P. famous Washington
state volcano
Q. a canyon in the Colorado Plateau
R. waterfalls
near the Great Lakes
part of the
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2. This map shows the location of some of the major landforms across the United States. Using the list
from the front side of this lab. study the map and write the name of the correct landform in each space
provided. All landforms from the front side of the lab will be used with one exception. Great Lakes will be
divided into each of the Great Lakes (.I:!uron, Ontario. Michigan, Erie, ~uperior) (First letters spell
HOMES), and one addition: Ozark Plateau. (Appendix H will help)
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