Social Studies Unit 2, Lesson 1

a landform that has steep sides and a flat top

• plateau

• mountain

• valley

the study of Earth's features

• geography

• feature

• physical

the land next to an ocean or a lake

• coast

• peninsula

• plain

a large group of mountains

• mountain range

• plateau

• landforms

a place with a very dry climate

• desert

• plateau

• coast

a piece of land that has water almost all the way around it

• peninsula

• coast

• valley

the landform between ranges of hills or mountains

• valley

• plain

• mountain

something found in nature, such as weather, plant life, land, and water

• physical feature

• human-made feature

• climate

a landform that is flat or nearly flat

• plain

• valley

• plateau

a natural feature, or shape, of the land

• landforms

• human-made features

• climate