Physical Features Social Studies Grade 4 Mr Helbringer

Physical Features Social Studies Grade 4 Mr. Helbringer (rocks!)

Blueprint Skill Recognize the identifying characteristics of certain geographic features (i. e. , peninsula, islands, continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and forests).

Geography • What is geography?

Geography • Geography is the study of the earth and how people use it.

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features? • Mountain range • Plain

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features? • Desert • River

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features? • Lake • Oceans

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features? • Coast • Island

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features? • Peninsula

Mountain Range • Land above the land around it

Plain • Flat land

Desert • Land with not much rain and few plants

River • A long body of moving water.

Lake • Water with land • surrounding it.

Oceans • The world’s largest • bodies of water. • Oceans are made • Of saltwater.

Oceans • Atlantic Ocean • Pacific Ocean • Indian Ocean • Artic Ocean

Coast • The land that borders the • ocean is a coast. The • United States borders • several oceans.

Island • An island is land with water surrounding it.

Peninsula • Land with water almost surrounding it.