| A | B |
| plains | large, flat areas with fertile soil |
| mountains | There are 4 kinds |
| plateau | Flat, raised areas of land; edges rise steeply |
| coastal plains | called lowlands; stretch along the coast |
| vocanic mountains | layers of molten material forming a cone shape |
| interior plains | located in central part of continent |
| upwarped mountains | forces inside Earth push the crust up |
| Mt. St. Helen's | Wasington |
| Grand Tetons | Wyyoming |
| Black Hills | South Dakota |
| Mount McKinley | Highest Mountain Peak in U.S. |
| Mt. Everest | Highest mountain peak in world |
| Mt. Shasta | California |
| Fault-block mountains | hugh tilted blocks of rock |
| landforms | Three basic types |