Students use the highlight tool
Earth Landforms
to mark the vocabulary
word and define it. Then, they
use it in a sentence and
highlight the vocabulary word
again.
1. geography – the study of Earth and
the ways people use it
We study geography in school.
2. landform – the shapes that are on the earth
A hill is an example of a landform.
3. mountain – is the highest kind of landform
We visited the mountains on our vacation.
4. plain – is a large, mostly flat, area of land
My grandmother lives near the plains of West Texas.
5. valley – low area of land
The valley had a river running through it.
6. island – is land that is surrounded by water
Hawaii is an island.
7. peninsula – land that is almost surrounded by water
We walked out on the peninsula and saw lots of water.
8. ocean – huge body of water
I went swimming in the ocean.
9. river – a stream of fresh water
The river has fish in it.
10. lake – large body of water surrounded by land
We have a cabin at Possum Kingdom Lake.