Do You Know Physical Features? Physical Features are the shapes that the land and water make on the surface of the Earth. Do You Know Physical Features? Do physical features affect the way people live?

To understand physical features, we first need to understand sea level. X Sea level is the level of the land where it meets the ocean.

To be a mountain, it must rise 1,000 feet above the land around it. What is the name of the highest physical feature on Earth? _____________ Mountains

If it is sloping land but not a mountain, what is it? A hill, of course! It is sloping, uneven land not as high as a mountain.

Smaller and taller = butte A plateau is also elevated land. It is a flat land surface rising sharply above its surroundings. A small plateau is a mesa Smaller and taller = butte

This is a … Are they active, dormant, or extinct? Volcano!

What might you find in a valley? Between hills and mountains there may be a stretch of low land called a valley.

A valley with steep, narrow sides is called a __________. Canyon What is often found at the bottom of a canyon? A river A valley with steep, narrow sides is called a __________. Canyon

What happens to the ice when it gets to the bottom? What is that white stuff? Glaciers! They are slow moving sheets of ice found in cold places. What happens to the ice when it gets to the bottom?

And here we have wide, open, flat _____________. Where is the horizon? Plains

This water is called a _____;it is ________ water that cuts its path through land. River fresh

What famous city was built on the Mississippi delta ? New Orleans Sometimes, at the mouth of a river, sediment collects and makes a landform called a ______________. Delta

What makes a lake? An inland (surrounded by land) body of water is called a ____________. What kind of water is it usually? Lake Fresh

A piece of land completely surrounded by water is called a (an) ______________. Island Are all islands tropical like the one above? How can people get to islands today?

Much of Florida is a peninsula. A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water is a peninsula A peninsula stays connected to the mainland. Much of Florida is a peninsula.

A narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of A narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land is an isthmus. Isthmus of Panama Isthmus of Corinth (Greece)

A strait is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water. The Strait of Gibraltar

When water scoops into the coastline it creates a ______ When water scoops into the coastline it creates a ______. This makes a good ________ for boats. Bay harbor

Desert! What occurs when there is VERY LITTLE water? Not all deserts are sandy deserts…

Desert Formations But where there is water, there is an oasis! Sand dunes are common in sandy deserts.