EARTH SCIENCE

EARTH• The earth is a huge sphere

• It is covered by water and soil

• Surrounded by air

THE EARTH’S SURFACE

LANDFORMS• Mountains

• Plateaus

• Hills

• Valleys

• Plains

MOUNTAINS• Large landforms

• Rise above the surrounding land

• Have steep slopes or rounded peaks

• May have one peak

• May be part of a mountain range

MOUNTAIN

VALLEYS• Valleys are located between

mountains or hills

• They are lower places on earth

• Sometimes rivers run through valleys

VALLEY

V-SHAPED OR U-SHAPED VALLEY?

• Formed by flowing water, such as a river, are usually V-shaped

• Formed by glaciers – U-valley

• Fun Fact: A valley can also be called a glen, vale, or dell.

PLATEAUS• Stands higher than surrounding

land

• Has a flat top

PLATEAU

HILLS• Raised area or mound of land

• Smaller than a mountain

• Have gentle rounded tops

• Do not have steep slopes

HILLS

PLAINS

• Wide, flat area of land

• Usually treeless

• Can be grassy or support scrub brush

• Can be waterless deserts

PLAIN

CITATIONS• denali lifts her skirts by Nic Mcphee, 7/23/06, Flickr.com – Attribution

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• Point Imperial by Ken Lund, 7/18/09, Flickr.com – Attribution share alike

• Valley of Feneos by Leoindas Tsementzs, 6/15/08, Flickr.com – Attribution

• Hills, grain elevator, and little yellow plain by Lynn Suckow, 5/17/06, Flickr.com – Attribution share alike

• Wessex Ridgeway Walk Wiltshire Plain by Gavin Stewart, 3/39/06, Flickr.com – Attribution

• Nasa Full Disk View by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, 9-24/10, Flickr.com – Attribution

• Death Valley Landscape by Wendy, 11/29/08, Flickr.com – Attribution No Derivatives

• Houserock Road – Vermillion Cliffs and Kaibab Plateau by Al Hikes AZ, 5/2/08, Flickr.com – Attribution Non commercial