1. Second Grade Social Studies
Earth’s Landforms
Second Grade
Social Studies

2. Vocabulary
island
valley
river
lake
hill
peninsula
mountain
plateau
ocean
plain
canyon

3. valley
Low land between hills or mountains.

4. mountain
The highest kind of land.

5. ocean
A very large body of salt water.

6. lake
A body of water with land all around it.

7. hill
Land that is higher than land around it, but lower than a mountain.

8. river
A long body of water that flows across the land.

9. island
A body of land with water all around it.

10. peninsula
Land that has water on three sides.

11. An area of flat land, higher than the surrounding country.
plateau
An area of flat land, higher than the surrounding country.

12. plain
An area of flat land.

13. Long, narrow valley with steep sides.
canyon
Long, narrow valley with steep sides.