Lesson : What are Landforms?

Lesson: What are North America's land forms?

By Douglas Allard

​We can identify 5 different land forms in North America

We can explain characteristics of these land forms


We can create a definition of land forms

Learning Targets

1. Match the notes on the screen to the section in your coursebook

   1. Match title of slide to section of your notes

2. Copy Bold and underline words into the ________ spaces in your notes.

3. Repeat for each section of notes

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FIB (Fill-in-the-Blank) Notes

• Plains are an area of flat, nearly treeless grassland

Plains

• The Great Plains is a plains region in North America

• North to Canada, West to Rocky Mountains, and East to Mississippi River

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Plains

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words best describes the landform plains?

• Dry and treeless

• Above the land

• Trees and Plants

• A mountain is a large land form that stretches above the surrounding land​

Mountains

• The main mountain ranges of North America are the Appalachians in the east, the Rockies in the west, and the Sierra Nevada near the Pacific Oceans

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Mountains

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words best describes the landform mountains?

• Dry and treeless

• Above the land

• Trees and Plants

Deserts

• A desert is a hot and dry area of land with little rain or vegetation (plants).

• The main deserts of North America are the Mohave, Sonoran, Great Basin, and Chihuahuan deserts

• These deserts are in the southwestern part of North America

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Desert

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words best describes the landform deserts?

• Trees and Plants

• Above the land

• Hot and Dry

• A forest is an area of land that features many types of trees and other types of plants​

Forests

• The main forests of North America are located in eastern and southeastern part of America

• Forests are located in all regions but not the Great Plains

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Forests

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words best describes the landform plain?

• Trees and Plants

• Fresh and Salt Water

• Hot and Dry

• Rivers are freshwater that flows across areas of land and goes into an ocean, lake or another river

• Lakes are bodies of fresh water that surrounded by land

• Oceans are large bodies of saltwater that cover nearly 75% of the Earth

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Water

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words best describes the landform water?

• Trees and Plants

• Rivers and Oceans

• Hot and Dry

• ​All answers in TAG

  • 1 pt for full sentence

  • 1 pt for correct answer

• 3. What 3 landforms would you want to live near?

• 2: What 2 landforms would you NOT want to live near?

• 1: What is 1 landform near Greece, NY?

Chew: 3-2-1

• Match each land form to its picture

• Use the symbol next to the land ​forms name to "match" the picure

  • Plains (circle)

  • Mountains (square)

  • Water (X)

  • Forest (triangle)

  • Deserts (!)

Review: Picture Match