The students will learn about many types of landforms and be able to identify them through pictures and descriptions. They will discuss what processes can cause landforms to change. They will also learn the major landforms of the world and other distinctive facts about landforms.

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Landforms Questions:

1. What are landforms?

1. What are the four characteristics that geologists look at?

1. What are some of the processes that change landforms?
2. How do these change the landforms?

1. What are the major landforms of the world?
2. What is the difference between a plain and a plateau?
3. What is the difference between a mountain and a hill?

1. What is the name of the desert found in southern California?
2. How can you tell if a mountain is young or old?
3. What are 2 types of crops grown on plains?

1. Click on the different landforms of the world to view pictures and learn some interesting facts. Write down a few of the facts that interested you the most so you can share one in a class discussion.

1. Click on one of the surface of the earth topics that you find interesting. Write a short paragraph about what you have learned.

1. Use the Landforms Glossary to define the following landforms: archipelago, cape, isthmus, strait, and tundra.

1. Click on the different landforms to learn more about them. After viewing all the different landforms, click on the student quiz and match the pictures to the correct landforms.

1. Play the matching game for a descriptive review of landforms.

Conclusion

While exploring this sampler on Landforms, we hope you had fun, learned, and most importantly connected with some part of this topic. Now that you have completed this sampler, be prepared to share some of the interesting details you learned about landforms in a class discussion.