Big Tall Things
Water, Water Everywhere
Water and Land
Land Surrounded by Water
Dry, Wet, High, or Low
100
It has the elevation higher than a hill.
What is a mountain?
100
Entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of Earth's surface.
What is an ocean?
100
Shore of a body of water that is usually sandy or pebbled.
What is a beach?
100
A landmass surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
Dry area of land with fewer than 10 inches of precipitation a year.
What is a desert?
200
An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
What is a volcano?
200
Large body of salt water completely or partly surrounded by land.
What is a sea?
200
Area of a sea or ocean partly surrounded by land.
What is a bay?
200
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
200
A low place between hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
300
A high flat land larger than a mesa.
What is a plateau?
300
A large natural stream of water that empties into another body of water.
What is a river?
300
A large area of a sea or ocean partly surrounded by land.
What is a gulf?
300
Usually a triangular deposit of silt, and small rocks at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300
A high steep rock face.
What is a cliff?
400
A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has a flat top and steep sides.
What is a butte?
400
A large inland body of fresh water or salt water.
What is a lake?
400
A pointed landmass projected into a body of water.
What is a cape?
400
A narrow strip land that lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
400
A deep valley with steep walls cut into the earth by running water.
What is a canyon?
500
A broad, flat-topped hill with steep sides larger than a butte and smaller than a plateau.
What is mesa?
500
A wetland of fresh or salt water with reeds and a variety of plant life.
What is a swamp?
500
A shallow body of water along a coast but protected from the ocean.
What is a lagoon?
500
A group of or chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
500
A slow-moving river of thick ice.
What is a glacier?
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