3rd Grade Landforms VocabularyMrs. Thornburg’s version

Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Landforms

Continent Cave PlateauCanyon Ocean RiverMountain Hill IslandWaterfall Valley

VolcanoPeninsula Lake PlainsHarbor Bay Gulf

What do we call a mountainous vent in the Earth’s crust that can spew out lava?

Volcano

What do we call a large hole in the side of a hill or mountain or in the ground?

Cave

What do we call a very tall, raised area of earth, sometimes with a spiky top (peak)?

Mountain

What do you call one of the huge bodies of salt water that make up about two-thirds of the surface of the

Earth?

Ocean

What do we call a body of water that flows downhill, usually emptying into a larger body of water?

River

What do we call a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?

Peninsula

What do we call a piece of land that is flat and higher than the land around it?

Plateau

What do we call flowing water where a river falls off steeply?

Waterfall

What do we call a deep valley with very steep sides, often carved through the Earth by a river?

Canyon

What do we call a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides?

Island

What do we call one of the seven land masses that the Earth is divided into?

Continent

What do we call a large mound or raised area of earth?

Hill

What do we call a medium-sized body of water surrounded by land?

Lake

What do we call a very flat piece of land?

Plains

What do we call a low place between mountains?

Valley

What do we call a large portion of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land?

Gulf

What do we call a portion of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land (smaller than a gulf)?

Bay

What do we call a portion of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land (smaller than a bay with docks or

ports for boats)?

Harbor