4th - 5th Grade: VIDEO: LANDFORMS

Watch this video to learn more about landforms in our planet EARTH

GAME: listening / speaking

GAME: what type of element is it? plant / animal / man-made

VOCABULARY:

• ——  OCEAN: large area of salt water between the continents. There are 5 oceans. Together they cover 70% of the earth.
• —  CONTINENT: any of the large landmasses in the world. There are 7 continents. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and the deepest ocean.

• —  COAST: for example: beach, bay, lagoon, coral reef, estuary
• —  INLAND

• —  RIVERS have fresh water (not salty).
• —  LAKE: large body of water surrounded by land. Most lakes have fresh water, but some have salty water.
• —  POND: small body of water surrounded by land.

• —  MOUNTAINS: they have steep sides and a peak
• —  HILLS: they are smaller mountains
• —  VALLEYS: they are low areas between mountains
• —  VOLCANO: a mountain that throws lava to the surface of the earth

• —  ISLAND:  a piece of land that is surrounded by water
• —  ISTHMUS: a narrow strip of land with water on both sides connecting two larger pieces of land.
• —  PENINSULA: a piece of land that has water on 3 sides but is connected on the fourth side to the mainland.

•  —  PLAIN: large areas of flat land with no mountains or hills in them.

• —  PLATEAUS: large areas of raised land that are flat on top.

• OTHERS:
  
  —  FJORD
  —  CANYON
  —  CAVE
  —  GLACIER
  —  WATERFALL
  —  BEACH