Earth’s Landforms and Features

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Earth’s Landforms and Features


A galaxy is made of planets and billions of stars. We livein the Milky Way galaxy.

www.iaaa.org/pulsar/december99.html


The solar system is all the objects that orbit the sun.

www.blatherandbosh.com/blog/2006/08/


There are 9 planets in our solar system.

celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/scripts.php


We live on Earth. The third planet from the sun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth


A globe is a model of the Earth.


The equator is the imaginary line that splits the Earthin half.


A hemisphere is half of a sphere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere


The Earth has 2 hemispheres.


The Northern Hemisphere.


We live in the Northern Hemisphere.


The Southern Hemisphere.


Antarctica is in the Southern Hemisphere.

astro.uchicago.edu


There are 4 cardinal directions.

www.answers.com/topic/cardinal-direction


A continent is a large landmass.

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We have 7 continents.

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A country is smaller than a continent.

www.europeanforum.net/country_updates.php


There are 50 states in the USA.

www.factmonster.com/states.html


A hill is a small rise in the land.


A valley is the land between 2 mountains.


A mountain is a large rise in the land.


A volcano allows molten rock to rise to the surfaceof theEarth.


This is Mt Saint Helens, an active volcano in WashingtonState.


A prairie is a large flat area of land.


A forest has lots of trees in it.


North

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A desert is a place with little water.


An ocean is a large body of salt water.


There are 4 oceans in the world.

PacificIndian

Atlantic

Arctic


A gulf


A lake is fresh water surrounded by land.


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A stream is a waterway

with a current.


A river is a waterway that flows from high to low spots.


A pond is a man made body of water smaller than a lake.


An island is a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.

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A peninsula is an extended piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula


A coast is where the land meets the ocean.

dbaron.org/log/2004-04

http://dbaron.org/log/2004-04

http://dbaron.org/photos/img_0870-Coast-small.jpg


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A beach is where there is a lot of sand meets the ocean.

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http://www.hawaiiansunshine.com/tutuscottage/images/Beach1.jpg


A waterfall is a waterway that flows over the edge of the land.

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