What
in the world are landforms? A better question is where in the world are
landforms. Landforms are geographic features that define the terrain and
topography of an area. Terms for geographical landforms include: mountain,
mesa, butte, plateau, dune, hill, bluff, cliff, promontory, valley, canyon,
strait, peninsula, cape, delta, river, tributary, lake, bay, sea, ocean, key,
island, isthmus, archipelago and atoll, Geographical landforms, also called
terrain or topography, are formed by weather and climate factors. Landforms
affect and are affected by biome or natural habitat of the region--desert,
savanna, rainforest, forest, polar or arctic tundra. eastern woodland, swamp,
meadow. To some extent, the plant and animal life affect and are affected by
geographical landforms.
Discovery
Education free social
studies lesson plans,
including free printable
geography worksheets,
landforms coloring pages, terrain and topography maps. worksheets, diagrams, labeling
pages, coloring pages, puzzles, maps, quizzes and activities. Teacher Planet
has free printable
geography worksheets with matching activities to teach geography and
landforms vocabulary. There are geography worksheets for different regions,
states in the United States, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and as well as
some Jewish terms are included. Here are more landforms worksheetsand coloring pages from Printable Worksheets.
Super Teacher Resources has some free printable geography worksheets.
Eduplace
is Houghton-Mifflin's resource center for learning printables, including free printable geography worksheets and
outline maps. There are free
printable maps from every continent and country around the globe. Eduplace has
free printable labeled and blank maps to use for answer key and tests. ABC
Teach has lots of free printable
geography worksheets,
landforms lesson plans, topography maps, political maps and social studies
lesson plans. Students can use maps to draw in landforms. Assign special needs
and younger students to color code labeled maps to help them learn about
geography. You might also laminate the map and assign students to cut out the
countries and states in the map to make a map puzzle.
ESL Tower has many free
printable geography worksheets, landforms coloring pages, diagrams, puzzles
and topography maps.Edupics has free printable social studies coloring pages, world maps, landforms coloring pages, biomes, habitats, nature scenes, political maps, topography maps to use as geography worksheets. Edupics boasts the largest, most comprehensive collection of detailed educational diagrams and coloring pages.
