Geography Fun

Jessica Smith

Content Area: Geography

Grade Level: 1st grade

Summary: The purpose of this power point is to give learners the ability to learn and review knowledge about distinguishing the difference between a continent, mountain, river, lake, and ocean interactively using this presentation.

Learning Target: Given questions, the learner will be able to distinguish the difference between a continent, mountain, river, lake, and ocean with 100% accuracy.

Content Standard: 1.20 Distinguish the difference between a continent, mountain, river, lake, and ocean.

Continents A continent is a main landmass

on the globe.

We have 7 continents!

Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica are the continents.

MountainA mountain is a natural upward

projection of the earth's surface.

A mountain is higher and steeper than a hill.

A mountain often has a rocky summit

Bodies of WaterRiver- A large natural stream of

fresh water flowing along a definite course, usually into the sea.

Lake- A body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.

Ocean-A vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.

Oceans are made up of salt water.

TrueFalse

Correct Answer!

Which can not be made up of salt water?

River

Lake

Ocean

Correct Again!

How many continents do we have?

1

3

5

7

Correct Answer!

Conclusion

Wow! Good job students. Answering these questions proves that you have done

your homework!!!

Incorrect Answer