1. Read About: Landforms
Pathways Academy Summer 2014

2. What are Landforms?
• www.makemegenius.com/science-
videos/grade3/what-are-landforms-for-Kids

3. Read About: Volcano’s
What kind of landform has a vent at the top,
spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

4. 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

5. Read About: Volcanos
http://easyscienceforkids.com/volcano-facts-for-kids-video/

6. Read About: Canyons
What kind of landform has very steep sides
that were cut by a rivers erosion and time?

7. 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

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

9. Read About: Waterfalls
Going over this landform will make you
shiver it occurs when there is a sharp drop
off in a river

10. 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

11. Read About: Waterfalls
http://www.slideshare.net/AHamill/the-formation-of-waterfall

12. Read About: Plains
You get this landform when oceans run dry, they are
broad, flat spaces stretching under the sky

13. 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

14. Read About: Plains

15. Read About: Mountains
What kind of landform is the tallest of all with a
spiky top where snow may fall?

16. 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

17. Read About: Mountains
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-mountains/

18. Read About: Rivers
What kind of landform runs downhill and can be
used to turn turbines that power a mill?

19. 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

20. Read About: Rivers
http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/resources/
hydropower-reform-can-save-rivers/

21. Read About: Caves
Landforms like this are often times found in the
side of a mountain or a hole in the ground.

22. Read About: Caves
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-caves/

23. 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

24. Read About: Oceans
What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water
that takes up three fourths of the Earth and is
salty?

25. 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

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

27. Read About: Valleys
This landform is found at the bottom of
mountains and very tall hills. It is the low land
between them.

28. 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

29. Read About: Valleys
http://valleys.co/facts/

30. Read About: Islands
To get to this landform a boat you may ride, since
water surrounds it on every side.

31. 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

32. Read About: Islands
http://fun.yukozimo.com/facts-about-islands/

33. Read About: Deltas
Triangle shaped landforms like this often sit near
the ocean where a river finally runs into it.

34. 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

35. Read About: Deltas
http://www.coolgeography.co.uk

36. Read About:
What type of landform stretches into the tides,
surrounded by water on three of its sides?

37. 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

38. Read About: Peninsulas
http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthprocesses/deltas.html

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

40. 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

41. Read About: Lakes
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/newp7c.htm

42. Read About: Hills
When the wind and the rain wear a mountain
away the mound that is left is this landform
they say.

43. 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

44. Read About: Hills
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/hillmc.htm

45. Read About: Continents
This type of landform is just one of seven. It is
split up into nations.

46. 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.

47. Read About: Continents
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/continentsoftheworld/preview.weml