Vocabulary
The shape of Earth’s surface, like mountains, valleys, and plains.
Landforms
A low area of land between mountains or hills.
Valley
What type of water is in ponds and lakes
FRESHWATER
This invisible force keeps us on the ground and not floating in space.
Gravity
There’s a lake in Tanzania that turns animals into “statues” because of the salty water.
Lake Natron
The thin outer shell of Earth is made of giant moving pieces called
What are tectonic plates?
This landform is flat and wide, like a giant floor of land.
Plains
How many oceans are there (name them)
A landform that shoots hot water and steam into the air is called this.
What is a geyser?
This landform is surrounded by water on all sides.
An Island
Rocks, soil, and sand can be moved by wind or water. This process is called ____
EROSION
This kind of landform looks like a big hill but is really made from magma.
Volcano
What is smaller than a lake?
Pond
This is the hottest place on Earth, where the ground once reached 134°F (56°C).
Death Valley in California- USA
Earth’s deepest cave, called Krubera Cave, is so deep you could stack the Eiffel Tower inside it more than 7 times.
What is Krubera Cave?
The outside layer of Earth where we live.
The CRUST
This landform is a deep cut in the Earth, often made by a river.
A canyon
River or Stream
This salty body of water is so thick that people can float easily in it.
The dead sea
This mountain is the tallest on Earth, reaching more than 29,000 feet.
Mount Everest
The big ball of hot rock and metal at the very center of Earth.
THE CORE
A tall flat-topped landform, sometimes called a “table mountain.”
A plateau
What is connected to the ocean (Between the coast and the Ocean)
SEA
The deepest part of Earth’s oceans is called:
Mariana Trench
This landform is a piece of land almost surrounded by water, but still attached to land.
Peninsula