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Year 6 Geography — Mountains, plateaus and plains

Tell a mountain, a plateau and a plain apart by the shape and height of the land, and say why people live and farm where they do.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Raised land with a flat top and steep sides, standing above the country around it, is called a ______.

  2. 2.Tap the plateau in this drawing of the land.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  3. 3.Sort each kind of land by whether it is high land or low land.

    Groups: High land · Low land

    • A mountain
    • Flat farmland beside a river
    • A peak
    • A plain
    • A plateau
    • A valley floor

  4. 4.The low land lying between two mountains is called a ______.

  5. 5.Which of these is the best description of a plain?

    • a) A wide stretch of flat, low, level land
    • b) The low land lying between two mountains
    • c) Land that rises much higher than everything around it
    • d) Raised land with a flat top and steep sides

  6. 6.Match each word to what it means.

    • A peak
    • A range
    • A valley
    • A hill
    • Land that rises above the ground around it, but lower and rounder than a mountain
    • The narrow top of a mountain
    • A line of mountains standing in a row
    • The low land lying between two mountains

  7. 7.Land that rises above the country around it, but is lower and more rounded than a mountain and far easier to climb, is called a ______.

  8. 8.What happens to the air as you climb higher up a mountain?

    • a) It gets warmer first and then colder again
    • b) It gets warmer
    • c) It stays exactly as it was at the bottom
    • d) It gets colder

Answer key — Year 6 Geography — Mountains, plateaus and plains

  1. 1.
    • plateau
    • a plateau
    • table land
    • tableland
  2. 2. 3 — A plateau
  3. 3. A mountain → High land; A plain → Low land; A plateau → High land; A valley floor → Low land; A peak → High land; Flat farmland beside a river → Low land
  4. 4.
    • valley
    • a valley
  5. 5. a) A wide stretch of flat, low, level land
  6. 6. A peak → The narrow top of a mountain; A range → A line of mountains standing in a row; A valley → The low land lying between two mountains; A hill → Land that rises above the ground around it, but lower and rounder than a mountain
  7. 7.
    • hill
    • a hill
  8. 8. d) It gets colder