Read About: Landforms

Pathways Academy Summer 2014

What are Landforms?

• www.makemegenius.com/science-videos/grade3/what-are-landforms-for-Kids

Read About: Volcano’s

What kind of landform has a vent at the top, spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

Read About: Volcanos

• Volcano’s are openings in the Earth’s surface.

• When pressure builds up the volcano errupts

• Volcano’s build taller and taller each time they errupt

Read About: Volcanos

http://easyscienceforkids.com/volcano-facts-for-kids-video/

Read About: Canyons

What kind of landform has very steep sides that were cut by a rivers erosion and time?

Read About: Canyon

• Canyons are made by water eroding away the rock

• Canyons are found in and on very dry land

• Canyons are found on the ocean floor

Read About: Canyon

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.canyon/the-grand-canyon-how-it-formed/

Read About: Waterfalls

Going over this landform will make you shiver it occurs when there is a sharp drop off in a river

Read About: Waterfalls

• Waterfalls are made when water moving down a river falls over a cliff and into a pool at the bottom

• Waterfalls also wear away at the land, this is called erosion

• Many waterfalls around the world are used to make electricity

Read About: Waterfalls

http://www.slideshare.net/AHamill/the-formation-of-waterfall

Read About: Plains

You get this landform when oceans run dry, they are broad, flat spaces stretching under the sky

Read About: Plains

• Plains are one of the largest landforms on Earth

• Plains are on every continent

• Plains are formed by erosion and dirt being put on the land

Read About: Plains

Read About: Mountains

What kind of landform is the tallest of all with a spiky top where snow may fall?

Read About: Mountains

• Mountains form over millions of years in many different ways. Some mountains form when volcano’s erupt over and over, others are formed when two of the earth’s plates crash together and push the earth up

Read About: Mountains

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-mountains/

Read About: Rivers

What kind of landform runs downhill and can be used to turn turbines that power a mill?

Read About: Rivers

• Rivers move over land and run into lakes, the ocean, or wetlands

• At the end of the river is its Delta

• Rivers help form other landforms like canyons

Read About: Rivers

http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/resources/hydropower-reform-can-save-rivers/

Read About: Caves

Landforms like this are often times found in the side of a mountain or a hole in the ground.

Read About: Caves

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-caves/

Read About: Caves

• Caves are made in a few different ways: water erosion, natural acids in groundwater, and melting ice

• caves are not man made

Read About: Oceans

What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water that takes up three fourths of the Earth and is salty?

Read About: Oceans

• Oceans are the salt water that covers much of the Earth's surface

• About 70 percent of our planet is ocean • Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic),

and Arctic Oceans

Read About: Oceans

http://www.makemegenius.com/cool-facts/5-oceans-and-sea-100-interesting-facts

Read About: Valleys

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains and very tall hills. It is the low land between them.

Read About: Valleys

• A valley can be U shaped or V shaped

• U valleys are made by glaciers melting

• V valleys are created by a river

Read About: Valleys

http://valleys.co/facts/

Read About: Islands

To get to this landform a boat you may ride, since water surrounds it on every side.

Read About: Islands

• Islands are created by volcanos erupting (Hawaii)

• Islands are created by tectonic plates as they shift

• Islands are surrounded by water on every side

Read About: Islands

http://fun.yukozimo.com/facts-about-islands/

Read About: Deltas

Triangle shaped landforms like this often sit near the ocean where a river finally runs into it.

Read About: Deltas

• Deltas are areas of dirt that a river leaves behind as it enters a lake or an ocean

• Deltas are triangle shaped

• Deltas are found where rivers run into lakes, oceans, or wetlands

Read About: Deltas

http://www.coolgeography.co.uk

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What type of landform stretches into the tides, surrounded by water on three of its sides?

Read About: Peninsulas

• A peninsula is a piece of land that has water on 3 sides

• A peninsula has 1 side of land that connects it to a larger area of land (Florida, Italy)

• Peninsulas are found on every continent

Read About: Peninsulas

http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthprocesses/deltas.html

Read About: Lakes

This body of water is surrounded by land. It is a great place to fish and swim if you can.

Read About: Lakes

• Lakes are bodies of water found inland

• Lakes are still and do not move

• Lakes are surrounded by trees, dirt, and rocks

Read About: Lakes

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/newp7c.htm

Read About: Hills

When the wind and the rain wear a mountain away the mound that is left is this landform they say.

Read About: Hills

• A hill is something that rises above everything around it

• Hills are not as high or as steep as mountains

• Hills are formed by erosion if it started as a mountain

Read About: Hills

http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/hillmc.htm

Read About: Continents

This type of landform is just one of seven. It is split up into nations.

Read About:

• The seven continents are the seven main land areas on the Earth. Some are joined to each other, and some are completely surrounded by water. Some continents have a lot of countries, but others have only a few.

Read About: Continents

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/continentsoftheworld/preview.weml