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Earth's Physical Geography
Guided Reading Activity 2
Landforms and Water Resources
Directions: Reading for Accuracy Read the section and complete the
activity below. Use your textbook to decide if a statement is true or
false. Write T or F in the blank, and if a statement is false, rewrite it
correctly on the line.
1. Earth's landforms appear only on continents.
2. Mountains are the highest landforms.
3. Plains and plateaus are the two forms of lowlands.
4. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses
and has water on two sides is a peninsula.
5. A trench that stretches for several miles underwater lies
off the coast of each continent.
6. Some of the factors people consider when choosing to live
in a place include the climate and the availability of resources.
7. About 50 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water.
8. Oceans are a part of a huge, continuous body of salt water.
9. The majority of lakes on the Earth are saltwater lakes.
_ _ _ 10. The processes in the water cycle are evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, and collection.
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