The objective of this activity is for you to define the key characteristics of 13 physiographic features.

*Take out 2-3 pieces of lined paper and those using a notebook may. *Write each feature in this order on your paper. *Skip three lines between each word.

1. Bay 8. Delta2. Hills 9. Strait3. Isthmus 10. Plateau4. Peninsula 11. Canyon5. Mountain 12. Island6. Gulf 13. Sound7.Valley

Step 1.

Step 2.Each slide will have at least one picture of a physiographic feature and a title. With your shoulder partner, study each picture. Notice where the water and the land are in relation to each other.

Step 3.Read the statements on the slide. Some statements are correct and some are not correct. Study the picture or pictures closely to help you and your partner decide which statements are correct. Step 4.With your partner, use the correct statements to write your own complete definition of each feature on your paper in your ISN. As much as possible, use your own words.Step 5With your face partners, select the best definitions of the two. Make changes if necessary. Write it on your 11x17 T-chart.

A Bay is surrounded by water

A Bay is land that sticks out into water.

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A Bay is bigger than a gulf.

Bay

A Bay is a water feature .

A Bay is a land feature .

A bay is a large body of water connected to ocean or sea

Hills are narrow strips of land.

Hills are naturally raised parts of land.

Hills are taller than mountains.

Hills are shorter than mountains.

Hills are a land feature.

Hills are a water feature.

Hills

An Isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger pieces of land.An Isthmus is a rocky piece of land that rises steeply out of the

water.An Isthmus is land that is touched by water on 2 sides.

Isthmus

An Isthmus is a water feature.

An Isthmus is a land feature.

A peninsula is a large piece of land that sticks out into the water and surrounded by water on three sides.

A peninsula is a narrow strip of land between two large bodies of water.

Peninsula

A peninsula is a land feature.

A peninsula is a water feature.

A mountain is land that rises steeply and high into the sky.

A mountain always has snow on it.

Mountain

A mountain is a water feature.

A mountain is a land feature.

A valley is a long low land between hills or mountains.

The sloping sides of a valley are always green.

A valley always has a river flowing through it.

Valley

A valley is a land feature.

A valley is a water feature.

Delta

A delta is a triangular shaped area at the end of a river where it empties into the ocean.

A delta has a lot of small streams flowing through it.A delta is surrounded by mountains.A delta is a steeply sloped valley.

A delta has a mixture of fresh and salt water.A delta is a water feature.

A delta is a land feature.Be Careful! This is a tricky one.

Plateau- pronounced “pla-toe”

A plateau rises above the surrounding land.A plateau’s surface is fairly flat.

A plateau is a water form.A plateau has gentle slopes leading down to the surrounding land.

A plateau is a land form.

A plateau is a water form.

Canyon

A canyon is a valley with extremely steep walls.

A canyon is a water feature.

A canyon is a land feature.

A canyon, like a valley, has gently sloping walls.

Island

An island is a water feature.

An island is a land feature.

An island is surrounded by water.An island is connected to land.

SoundThis is not what you hear.

A sound is a water feature.A sound is a land feature.

A sound is an inland waterway. A sound is very deep.

A sound is not used for shipping.

Picture Sources

Bayhttp://blog.hotelreservations.com/destinations/australia/australia-tourism-coastal/

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/West/Hawaii/Waimanalo/photo13580.htm

Isthmushttp://www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/West/Hawaii/Waimanalo/photo13580.htm

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-56383297/stock-photo-barrenjoey-isthmus-dividing-pittwater-from-the-pacific-ocean-new-south-wales-australia.html

Straithttp://www.eosnap.com/tag/bosphorus-strait/

 http://ian-albert.com/misc/bigimages/earth/strait-of-gibraltar.jpg

Peninsulahttp://www.hickerphoto.com/aerial-view-sleeping-giant-sibley-peninsula-lake-superior-ontario-40291-pictures.htm

http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Maps/604.htm

Mountainhttp://nature.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/21162/

Gulfhttp://www.gulfbase.org/facts.php

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/sounds/sounds_whales_alaska.html

Hills http://wallpaperstock.net/green-hills_wallpapers_7371_1024x768_1.html

Picture Sources (con’t.)

Plateau

http://emhotep.net/2009/07/09/locations/lower-egypt/kingdom-of-the-dead-the-giza-plateau/http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/africa/hamm10.shtml

Canyon

http://www.free-extras.com/tags/1/grand+canyon.htm

Deltahttp://geology.com/press-release/age-of-the-amazon-river/

Valleyhttp://www.dirjournal.com/info/most-beautiful-places-of-the-world-part-2/

http://urbanreformation.com/in-the-valley-there-is-a-vision.htm

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/death-valley-national-park/

Picture Sources (con’t.)

Island

http://www.101worldtravel.com/2011/05/12/robben-island/

Sound

http://www.smithsbliss.com/page/24/