Landforms

1st Grade

Mountains• A place on Earth’s

surface that is much higher than the land around it.

Peninsulas• A piece of land that

projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.

Islands • An area of land that is

surrounded by a large body of water.

Plains • A flat area on Earth’s

surface.

Valleys• A lowland area

between higher land like mountains.

Plateaus

• A flat area higher than the land around it.

Gulfs • A big body of water

surrounded by a land area almost completely.

Rivers• A moving body of

water.

Bays A body of water

partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea.

LakesA large inland body of

fresh water or salt water.

Questions

• Which body of water moves?

Questions

• Which is higher, a mountain or a valley?

Questions

• What’s the name of a body of land that’s surrounded by water?

Questions

• What’s the thing that connects a peninsula to a larger body of land?

Questions

• What’s the name for a body of water that’s only partially enclosed by land?

• (Hint: This body of water has a wide mouth.)