ESS1.1 and ESS 2.1, Part 1 - Landforms

An area of land that is flat on top with steep sides. It is higher than the surrounding land.

• Island

• Valley

• Peninsula

• Plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Low land surrounded by hills or mountains

• Valley

• Volcano

• Hill

• Isthmus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mound of land that is shorter than a mountain

• Valley

• Hill

• Cliff

• Cave

A tall, rocky mound of land that is taller than the surrounding land

• Mountain

• Delta

• Hill

• Glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Large body of water surrounded by land

• Bay

• Waterfall

• Lake

• Valley

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

Large body of water that surrounds an entire continent

• Lake

• Waterfall

• Ocean

• Isthmus

Flow of water that runs towards an ocean, lake, or sea

• Valley

• Volcano

• Ocean

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A body of land surrounded by water on three sides

• Isthmus

• River

• Peninsula

• Island

An area of land surrounded on all sides by water

• Peninsula

• Island

• Isthmus

• Volcano

A mountain that forms when magma rises through the Earth's crust

• Valley

• Plain

• Delta

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2