Objective To examine the major forms of land

Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

Landforms and Landmasses Created by: Mr. Embry

Island – land area that is surrounded by water Long Island Archipelago – chain of islands Hawaiian Islands

Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water Cape Cod, MA Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides Florida

Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain Hills Acadia National Park Maine Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land. Elevation-Above Sea Level Mount Mc. Kinley, Alaska

Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level Plains Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation Wyoming Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land Bateke Plateau Gabon, Africa

Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation Sahara Desert, Africa Coast – land that borders the sea Jones Beach

Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface Europe Africa North America Asia South America Antarctica Australia

Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland. Isthmus of Panama Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water Strait of Gibraltar

Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river tributary map of Lake Erie River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river Hudson and Mohawk Rivers

Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land Jamaica Bay Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay. Gulf of Mexico

Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land Great Lakes Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean Black Sea

Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface. Arctic Atlantic Pacific Indian

Canal- a waterway dug across land through which ships can pass. Harbor- a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely.

Landforms Quiz • ___1. land area surrounded by water • ___ 2. chain of islands • ___ 3 narrow point of land that extends into a body of water • ___ 4. piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides • ___ 5. area of raised land that is lower & more rounded than a mountain • ___6. high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land

Landforms Quiz Cont’d • ___7. broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level • ___8. large area of high, flat or gently rolling land • ___9. area that has little or no moisture or vegetation • ___10. land that borders the sea • ___11. any of seven landmasses on the Earth’s surface • ___12. narrow strip of land joining two large land masses or a peninsula to a mainland

Check your answers • • 1. K-island 2. A-archipelago 3. J-cape 4. B-peninsula 5. I-hill 6. D-mountain 7. F-plain • 8. E-plateau • 9. C-desert • 10. H-coast • 11. G-continent • 12. L-isthmus