Landforms vocab

a low area between higher areas

• island

• Earth

• valley

• mountain

a mountain or hill made by hot rocks and gases moving to the surface of Earth from deep inside Earth

• canyon

• volcano

• plain

• Earth's layers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a large land formation that rises high above the surrounding area

• Earth

• plain

• valley

• mountain

a deep ravine between cliffs that is most often carved from the landscape by running water of a river

• canyon

• Earth's layers

• island

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a large area of land that is flat with no mountains, hills or valleys

• island

• plain

• destructive process

• Earth

a piece of land surrounded by water

• island

• valley

• canyon

• constructive processes

3rd planet from the Sun and the only planet where life exists

• mountain

• canyon

• plain

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

natural phenomena (volcanoes, rivers, and weather) that build up landmasses on Earth's surface

• volcano

• constructive processes

• Earth's layers

• canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

natural phenomena (erosion and earthquakes) that wear down landmasses on Earth's surface

• destructive processes

• Earth

• volcano

• island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the Earth is made of 4 layers: crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core

• constructive processes

• mountain

• Earth's layers

• plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1