Name
On the Surface
What do you know about the earth’s landforms? Unscramble the letters to form the
terms that match the descriptions of landforms below. Then write the letter next to the
picture that illustrates the term.
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toscala aplin
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taled
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a. ______________________
narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
b. ______________________
a piece of land almost surrounded by water
c. ______________________
area of flat land high above sea level with a steep side
d. ______________________
triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river
e. ______________________
low land between hills and mountain ranges
f. ______________________
steep hill with a flat top that stands alone
g. ______________________
a deep valley with high steep sides
h. ______________________
any land smaller than a continent surrounded by water
i. ______________________
flat land found along a continent or coast
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Look for and identify examples of landforms on a physical map.
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a. isthmus; b. peninsula; c. plateau;
d. delta; e. valley; f. butte; g. canyon;
h. island; i. coastal plain; 1. b; 2. f ; 3. a;
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bridge meadow city tunnel islands
1 I can’t see anything. It’s very dark in this ____________.
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coast forest desert
mountain lake
tunnel
1 A very high hill:
________________________
2 A big piece of land with a lot of trees:
________________________
3 A big area of water with land all around it:
________________________
4 The part of the land that is next to the sea:
________________________
5 A large area of land that is usually covered with sand. It is very dry
and not many plants can grow here:
________________________
6 A long hole under the ground or sea for a road or railway:
________________________
5 Find the landscapes in the
circle.
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the sentences with the words from the box.
bridge meadow city tunnel islands
1 I can’t see anything. It’s very dark in this tunnel.
2 The bridge over the river is very old. Be careful.
3 My best friend lives in a big city in the USA.
4 There
are lots of desert islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5 Look at those cows over there on the meadow!
3 Put the pieces together.
1 bridge
2 mountain
3 waterfall
4 farmland
5 canyon
6 volcano
city, dam, cave, valley, desert,
beach, cliff, forest, sea, island,
4 What are these things?
ocean, mountain, hill, coast,
canal, tunnel, canyon, oasis,
meadow, farmland
1 A very high hill: mountain
2 A big piece of land with a lot of trees: forest
3 A big area of water with land all around it: lake
4 The part of the land that is next to the sea: coast
5 A large area of land that is usually covered with sand. It is very dry
and not many plants can grow here: desert
6 A long hole under the ground or sea for a road or railway: tunnel
Landforms
Abrasion
Agents of Erosion
Canyons
Chemical Weathering
Clear-Cutting
Contour Interval
A rubbing or wearing away
The forces that cause erosion: wind, water, gravity, glaciers, and ice.
A V-shaped valley cut by a river or stream
The process of how sediment is broken down and changed chemical into
smaller pieces
Cutting down large areas of trees
The distance in elevation between contour lines
Contour Lines
Lines on a map that show elevation
Contour Map
A type of map that uses lines to show elevation.
Dam
A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water
Delta
A fan-shaped land mass made of soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river
Deposition
Dune
Elevation
Erosion
Flood Plains
The dropping of sediments by water, wind, or melting ice onto a solid surface
A landform created by sand piling up
The height above sea level
The wearing away of soil and rock by water, wind, or ice
Land that is covered with water during a flood, formed from sediment
deposited by a river
Glaciers
A large mass of moving ice and snow
Gravity
The force that pulls all objects towards the center of the Earth
Ice Wedging
Landform
The process by which water seeps into cracks in rocks and then freezes, the
expanding ice causes the rocks to split and crack
A natural feature of Earth’s surface
Map
Meander
Mechanical Weathering
Model
Mountains
Mouth
Plain
Plateau
River
A drawing that shows features of a surface, especially Earth’s surface
A curve or loop in a river
The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces
A 3D representation of something in order to better understand how it works
A high landform with steep sides, higher than a hill
The ending of a water source
A large, flat area of land with few trees
A large area of flat land higher than the surrounding land
A stream of water that flows across the land and empties into another body
of water
Sea Level
Where the ocean meets the land
Sediment
Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid, especially materials such as
sand and gravel deposited by wind, water, and ice in bodies of water
Slope
The angle or slant of land or stream channel
Source
The beginning of a water source
Topographical Map
A drawing that shows elevation
Tributary
Valley
Weathering
A stream flowing into another stream or river
An area of low land between hills and mountains
The action of the wind, water, temperature changes, and other factors in
breaking down rocks into smaller pieces