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Landforms & Natural Resources
Social Studies
15
Geography
2nd Grade
04/28/2010

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Cards

Term

 

 

Landforms

Definition

 

 

The different shapes of land

Term

 

 

 

mountain

Definition

 

 

 

the highest kind of landform

Term

 

 

 

plain

Definition

 

 

 

flat land

Term

 

 

 

valley

Definition

 

 

 

low land between mountains and hills


Term

 

 

 

hill

Definition

 

 

 

lower than a mountain but higher than a valley


Term

 

 

 

desert

Definition

 

 

dry area with very little rain

Term

 

 

 

peninsula

Definition

 

 

 

land with water on 3 sides

Term

 

 

 

island

Definition

 

 

land with water on all sides

Term

 

 

 

3 bodies of water

Definition

 

 

 

oceans, lakes, rivers

Term

 

 

5 great lakes

(HOMES)

Definition

 

 

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

Term

 

 

5 Oceans

 

Definition

 

 

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern

Term

 

 

longest river in the U.S.

Definition

 

 

 

Mississippi River

Term

 

 

Highest Mountain in the U.S.

Definition

 

 

Mt. McKinley

Term

 

 

 

Natural Resources

Definition

 

 

Things found in nature that we can use

Term

 

 

ways each to use plants, water & trees

Definition

 

 

various

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