Landforms

Landforms

ACL AR K E

Multiple Choice

What are landforms?

• Landforms are how the land changes.

• Landforms are natural features of the Earth's surface.

• Landforms are cool!

Hills

Hills are land formations that are similar to mountains. Unlike mountains, however, hills are not peaked on top. Instead, hills have soft, rounded tops. They are made of grass, dirt, and rocks. 

The Bahamas

Highest hill- Mt.

Alvernia- 206 feet-
Cat Island

Second Highest hill-

Mt. Pisgah-
Crooked Island

MOUNTAIN

 Any land that is at least 1,000 feet higher than

surrounding land.

 Tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.

Location of Mt. Everest

 29, 029 feet above sea level (National

Geographic Society)

 Located in the Himalayas Mt.

Range, Asia

It is over 60 million years
old

It consists of different
types of limestones
including marbles and
shales

It grows by a quarter of
an inch every year

VOLCANOES

 A mountain with an

opening at the top
from which lava
flows.

There are about 1,500 active

volcanoes on the earth's

surface.

There may be 10,000

or more under the ocean.

The biggest volcano on Earth
is

Mauna Loa, in Hawaii. It is
over

13,000 feet above sea level.

Mountain Range

 A group of mountains.

 Himalayas mountain range (below): tallest in the

world.

DESERT

 Any piece of land that receives less than ten inches of precipitation

(rainfall) per year.

 1/5 of the Earth’s land area is made up of deserts

 There are four types of deserts.

HOT & DRY DESERTS

•Hot all year round

•Rainfall is very sparse; water evaporates quickly.

•Atacama –driest receives an average of 1.5cm of
rainfall every year.

•Plants are mostly low shrubs and short woody trees.

•Animals are very small

•Insects, reptiles and birds are common.

•Examples: Sahara ( Africa), Great Basin and
Sonoran( North America)

COLD DESERTS

Long dry Summers and a small
amount of rainfall in the Winter

Annual rainfall as low as 2-4 cm
Plants include cacti

Animals : Insects and jack rabbits
during the day; kangaroo rats,
skunks, rabbits
Insects, birds, reptiles (lizards and
snakes)

COASTAL DESERTS

 Cool winters and warm summers

 Receives about 3-5 inches (8-13

cm) of rainfall each year

 Soil high in salt and other nutrients

 Plants include salt bush and black

sage

 Mammals include coyotes and

badgers

 Birds: great horned owl and golden

eagle

 Lizards and snakes

POLAR
DESERTS

•
Cold year round

•
Receives about 6-10 inches of rainfall
each year

•
Plants height can reach 4 feet in some
areas

•
The main plants are deciduous (Leaves
shed seasonally; some have spiny
leaves)

•
Fungi and dwarf shrubs are common

•
Examples: Arctic Pole Desert ( 5.4 million
square miles) and Antarctic Desert ( 5.5
million square miles)

Deserts: Collage of animals/ plants

Cacti

Sage

Brittle bush

Salt bush

Elephant
tree

Camel

Coyote

Owl

Rattlesnak
e

Badger

PENINSULA

 A piece of land surrounded by

water on three sides.

 Maybe a part of an island, country

or continent.

Arabian
Peninsula

California
Peninsula

Can you remember the

following peninsulas?

Iberian

Scandinavia

Yucatan

Florida

Malay

Arabia
n

Korean

Kamchatka

California

Alaska

The Arabian Peninsula

Home to one of the largest

and driest deserts in the
world, the Arabian Desert

Some sections are suitable

for farming

Incense, a plant resin that is

burned in temples is grown
in Arabia

Valley

Valleys are low areas between two mountains or hills. A valley can be large or small. It depends on the distance between the two mountains or hills.

CAPE

 A POINTED PIECE OF LAND THAT STICKS OUT INTO

THE WATER e.g Cape Cod

Do you know about the
following capes?

G

J

C. Horn

Cape of Good
Hope

Cape
Farewell

C.
Leeuwin

C.York

IMPORTANT CAPES

Cape Horn (South America)

Cape of Good Hope (

Africa)

Cape Farewell ( Greenland)

Cape Leeuwin ( W. Australia)

C. York ( Australia)

Delta

a piece of land in the shape of a triangle or fan made by deposits of mud and sand at the mouth of a river.

ISTHMUS

 A narrow piece of land with sea on either side

that connects two large land mass

 Example: Isthmus of Panama

 Peninsula- a piece of land surrounded

by water on three sides.

 Cape- a pointed piece of land that

sticks out into the water!

 Isthmus-A narrow piece of land with sea

on either side that connects two large
land masses.

Multiple Choice

What country is highlighted on the map?

• Canada
• United States
• Mexico
• Brazil

Multiple Choice

Which country is highlighted on the map?

• United States
• Brazil
• Mexico
• Canada

Multiple Choice

Which country is located directly to the south of Canada?

• United States
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Argentina

Multiple Choice

Which country is highlighted?

• Alaska
• Greenland
• Iceland
• Canada

Multiple Choice

Elevated flat lands are called....

• shields
• rivers
• mountains
• plateaus

Multiple Choice

The cape is this image is located in Florida.

• Cape Cod
• Cape Chesapeake
• Cape Canaveral

Multiple Choice

What large mountain range is pictured here?

• Catskill Moutains
• Rocky Moutanins
• Appalachian Mountains

Multiple Choice

What country is this?

• USA
• Mexico
• Canada
• Mexica

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the mountain range located on the western side of the United States?

• Atlas Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the mountain range on the Eastern side of the United States and Canada?

• Rocky Mountains
• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Atlas Mountains

Multiple Choice

A ___________ is land surrounded on 3 sides by water. The Yucatan, Florida, & Baja California are all examples of these physical features.

• oasis
• strait
• peninsula
• flood plain

Multiple Choice

The ____________ is a desert in Nevada that includes the Grand Canyon, America's most visited National Park.

• Sonora
• Great Basin
• Mojave
• Palm Springs

Multiple Choice

What is the Capital of Canada

• Toronto
• Ottawa
• Vancouver
• Montreal

ISLAND

A piece of land completely

surrounded by water.

Greenland: Largest island in

the World

.

Use the map to identify the islands shown

A

Greenland

B

Iceland

C

Cuba

D

Madagascar

E

Japan

F New Guinea

G

New Zealand

H

Sri Lanka

I Borneo

J Tasmania

K

Newfoundland

K

A

B

C

D

E

H

F

I

J
G

World’s Major Islands

Cay

 A small island.

The Bahamas - A group or chain of islands

ARCHIPELAGO

Can you remember the name of

these archipelagoes?

1

2

3

4

5

Alexander

The Bahamas

Japanese

Malay

Philippines

Solomon
Islands

C O U N T R I E S
• A piece of land that has been

divided from surrounding land by

man. Borders separate

countries/territories.

• Largest country- Russia

• Australia is a continent and a

country

Countries

COUNTRIES

A piece of land that has been

divided from surrounding land
by man. Borders separate
countries/territories.

Largest country- Russia

Australia is a continent and a

country

C I T I E S

• A large urban important town

CONTINENTS

 A continent is one of several large unbroken

land masses

 About 30% of the Earth’s surface

CONTINENTS

 Seven continents: North America, South

America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and
Antarctica

 Largest: Asia

 Second largest: Africa

 Smallest: Australia

 The Bahamas is apart of the continent of

North America

Plain

a plain is a large area of land with no hills or mountains. Plains mostly are more suitable for farming

Multiple Choice

What landform?

• Lake

• Delta

• Cave

• Island

Multiple Choice

What Landform?

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Canyon

• Hill

Multiple Choice

A landform that rises high above the land and has steep slopes.

• Canyon

• Dune

• Mountian

• Valley

Multiple Choice

What land form is this?

• plain
• valley
• mountain
• canyon

Multiple Choice

A flat area of land at a high elevation

• Spring

• Cave

• Plateau

• Mountian

Multiple Choice

An area of land with 3 of its sides surrounded by water

• Peninsula

• Glacier

• Volcano

• Spring

Multiple Choice

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, cape.

• a point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean

• part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded by water on three sides

Multiple Choice

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, isthmus.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• a large, thick body of slow moving ice

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

Multiple Choice

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, mountain.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from the surrounding land

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

Multiple Choice

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, plain.

• an area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses

• an area of land drained by a given river and its branches

• land usually level, at low elevation

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

Multiple Choice

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, valley.

• an area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses

• an area of low land usually between hills or mountains

• land usually level, at low elevation

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

Multiple Choice

What is a volcano?

• a mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth

• land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from the surrounding land

• a large land mass that rises above the ocean

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

Multiple Choice

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, continent.

• an area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses

• a mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth

• a large land mass that rises above the ocean

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

Multiple Choice

• A. Hills
• B. River
• C. Desert
• D. Mountains

Multiple Choice

Land formation that is flat on top with steep walls. Usually in a dry area

• Hill

• Plateau

• Basin

Multiple Choice

What land form is this?

• island
• valley
• plain
• mountain

Multiple Choice

What land form is this?

• valley
• plain
• volcano
• canyon