Place: Physical Characteristics W18

What do the physical characteristics tell us about a place? 

• what time it is

• what day it is

• what a place looks like

• how many people live there

What physical characteristics do you see in the picture?

• deserts

• oceans

• hills and mountains

• rainforests

How many continents are there?

• five

• six

• eight

• seven

What do we call mountains, hills, and deserts?

• landforms

• ground

• scenery

• earth

How many oceans are in the world?

• one

• two

• four

• five

What do we call rivers, lakes, and oceans?

• dry land

• grasslands

• tundra

• bodies of water

What do we call the plants, animals, and climate of a place?

• friends

• community

• biome

• globe

Look at the Biome Map of the World.

What is the largest biome in the world?

• mountains

• tundra

• grasslands

• marine

The weather pattern in an area is called __________.

• equator

• climate

• stormy

• shelter

Climate is a __________ characteristic of a place.

• warm

• physical

• rocky

• ordinary