Landform Chaos!
WebQuest and Handouts
Created by
Ms. Hilton
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Name: __________________________________
Pre-Assessment
Directions: Before beginning the WebQuest, draw a picture of each of the following
landforms in the box where you feel they belong. Be sure to draw each landform the best
way that you can. In your illustration, be sure to include: a volcano, mountain, valley,
canyon, cavern, island, ocean, sea, river, lake, pond, stream and glacier.
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Study Guide and Notes Page
Directions: For each website write 5 new things you learned.
Website: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm
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Website: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0032-understanding-landforms.php
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Website: http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
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Landform Matching Cards
Directions: Read the definition and then draw the landform in the box. Once you have all
the landforms drawn, cut the cards apart, mix them up and match the picture with its
correct definition.
Draw a volcano.
Draw a mountain.
An opening in the Earth’s crust
where molten lava and gases
erupt.
A very high hill above its
surroundings.
Draw a valley.
An area of lowland between hills
or mountains.
Draw a canyon.
A deep narrow valley with steep
sides and often with a stream
flowing through it.
Draw a cavern.
A natural underground chamber
open to the surface.
Draw an island.
An area of land surrounded by
water on all sides.
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Draw an ocean.
The whole body of salt water
that covers the surface of the
Earth.
Draw a sea.
Great body of salt water not as
large as the ocean.
Draw a river.
A natural stream of water larger
than a brook or creek.
Draw a lake.
A body of freshwater
surrounded by land.
Draw a pond.
A body of water usually smaller
than a lake.
Draw a stream.
A body of running water flowing
on Earth.
Draw a glacier.
A large body of ice moving slowly
down a slope or valley or
spreading outward on a land
surface.
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Name: ____________________________________________________________
Venn Diagram
Directions: Compare and contrast freshwater and saltwater on the Venn Diagram.
Freshwater
Saltwater
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Animal Match-Up
Directions: Using the clues and what you have learned about landforms, match each animal
to the place it lives.
WORD BANK:
Cavern island
ocean
sea
river
pond
glacier
stream
lake
canyon
valley
mountain
volcano
I am a bobcat; I like to live on a landform
Where does the bobcat live?
that is a very high hill above its surroundings.
I am a desert bighorn sheep; I like to live on
an area of lowland between mountains.
Where does the desert bighorn sheep live?
I am a rattlesnake; I like to live on a deep
narrow valley with steep sides and often
with a stream flowing through it.
Where does the rattlesnake live?
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I am a bat; I like to live in a natural
underground chamber open to the surface.
Where does the bat live?
I am a black lemur; I like to live on an area of
land surrounded by water on all sides.
Where does the black lemur live?
I am a giant squid; I like to live in a body of
water that covers the surface of the Earth.
Where does the giant squid live?
I am a whale; I live in a great body of salt
water not as large as the ocean.
Where does the whale live?
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I am an anaconda; I live in a natural stream
of water larger than a brook or creek.
Where does the anaconda live?
I am a pelican; I live in a body of freshwater
surrounded by land.
Where does the pelican live?
I am a stonefly; I live in a body of water
usually smaller than a lake.
Where does the stonefly live?
I am a barbel; I live in a body of running
water flowing on Earth.
Where does the barbel live?
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I am an ice worm; I live on a large body of ice
that moves slowly down a slope or valley
spreading outward on a land surface.
Where does the ice worm live?
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Here is your workspace to sketch out your model of the land features, water features, and
animals. Once you have it drawn you will build it as a 3-D model. Please remember to
include a(n): mountain, valley, canyon, cavern, island, ocean, sea, river, lake, pond, stream,
glacier, bobcat, desert bighorn sheep, rattlesnake, bat, black lemur, giant squid, whale,
anaconda, pelican, stonefly, barbell, and ice worm.
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