Landforms 1
An area of water bordered by land on three sides.
Bay
A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.
Lake
When two tectonic plates CRASH into each other and push upward, they can form THIS type of tall landform.
Mountain
A water falls off steeply.
Waterfall
Before becoming a teacher, Ms. Zhu studied and worked in THIS field — where she learned math, problem-solving, and building things!
Engineering
Where the mouth of river flows into an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
Delta
A large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
River
A raised, rounded, or gently sloping mound of land.
Hill
The natural shapes or features of the earth's surface.
Landforms
Ms. Zhu worked for 5 years in THIS type of school, where young children learn by exploring on their own — named after a famous educator from Italy!
Montessori
A part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land. It is usually larger than a bay.
Gulf
A large body of salt water that surrounds a continent. They cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface.
Ocean
Flat lands that have only small changes in elavation.
Plain
A deep valley with very steep sides.
Canyon
Ms. Zhu lives in Coquitlam — a city FULL of landforms! Coquitlam is bordered by THREE rivers to the south, has FOUR mountains to the north.
Name the 2 out of THREE rivers, name ONE mountain, and tell us what carved Coquitlam's valleys long ago.
THREE rivers — the Coquitlam River, Fraser River, and Pitt River.
ONE mountain — Burke Mountain, Eagle Mountain, or Coquitlam Mountain.
What carved the valleys — GLACIERS! (The Fraser Glaciation shaped the entire landscape!)
A piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water.
Peninsula
A large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean. Maybe partly or completely surrounded by land.
Sea
A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land.
Plateau
A hot dry with little or no rainfall.
Desert
Ms. Zhu used an Oreo cookie to show you THREE types of tectonic plate boundaries. Name ALL THREE boundaries AND describe what the cookie cream did for each one!
🍪 DIVERGENT — you pulled apart → the cream stretched and split (plates move away from each other — creates ridges and rift valleys!)
🍪 CONVERGENT — you pushed together → the cream crumpled and piled up (plates crash into each other — creates mountains like the Himalayas!)
🍪 TRANSFORM — you slid sideways → the cream scraped and smeared (plates grind past each other — causes earthquakes like the San Andreas Fault!)
A huge slab of Earth's crust that floats on the hot, melted rock underneath (called magma).
Tectonic Plate
There are FIVE oceans on Earth, NAME THEM!
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern.
Could you name all 7 major plates?
Pacific, North American, Eurasian, African, Antarctic, Australian, South American.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore and Harry travel by boat into a hidden sea cave carved into steep coastal cliffs by centuries of crashing waves. This process of water slowly wearing away rock to form caves, valleys, and canyons is called what?
Ms. Zhu is passionate about STEAM — what do the letters S-T-E-A-M stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, and Math!