Directions: Cut out the Riddles. Match the Riddle with the Picture of Each Landform. Glue

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Landforms

Directions: Cut out the riddles. Match the riddle with the picture of each landform. Glue the riddle next to the correct picture.

VOLCANO

CANYON

WATERFALL

PLAINS Landforms Cont’

MOUNTAIN

VALLEY

ISLAND Landforms Cont’

PENINSULA

CONTINENTS Landforms Cont’ What kind of landform is the tallest Which type of landform stretches of all into the tides; With a spiky top where snow may Surrounded by water on three of its fall? sides?

What kind of landform always runs Which type of landform is just one downhill of seven? And can be used to turn turbines It's a really big place split up into that power a mill? nations.

When the wind and the rain wear a This large body of water is mountain away, surrounded by land. The mound that is left is this It's a great place to fish or swim, if landform, they say. you can.

You get this landform when oceans Landforms like this are often times run dry. found They're broad, flat spaces In the side of a mountain or as a hole stretching under the sky. in the ground.

What kind of landform has very To get to this landform, a boat you steep sides may ride That were cut by a river's erosion Since water surrounds it on every and time? side.

Triangle-shaped landforms like this Going over this landform will make often sit you shiver. Near the ocean where a river finally It occurs when there's a sharp drop runs into it. off in a river.

This landform is found at the bottom What kind of landform is a huge of mountains chunk of water And very tall hills; it's the low land That takes up three-fourths of the between them. Earth, and is salty?

What kind of landform has a vent at the top, Spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

“Landforms” Answer Key

What kind of landform has a vent at the top, Spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

VOLCANO

What kind of landform has very steep sides That were cut by a river's erosion and time?

CANYON

Going over this landform will make you shiver. It occurs when there's a sharp drop off in a river.

WATERFALL

You get this landform when oceans run dry. They're broad, flat spaces stretching under the sky. PLAINS “Landforms” Answer Key Cont’

What kind of landform is the tallest of all With a spiky top where snow may fall? MOUNTAIN

What kind of landform always runs downhill And can be used to turn turbines that power a mill?

Landforms like this are often times found In the side of a mountain or as a hole in the ground. CAVE

What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water That takes up three-fourths of the Earth, and is salty?

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains And very tall hills; it's the low land between them. VALLEY

To get to this landform, a boat you may ride Since water surrounds it on every side. ISLAND “Landforms” Answer Key Cont’

Triangle-shaped landforms like this often sit Near the ocean where a river finally runs into it. DELTA

Which type of landform stretches into the tides; Surrounded by water on three of its sides?

PENINSULA

This large body of water is surrounded by land. It's a great place to fish or swim, if you can.

When the wind and the rain wear a mountain away, The mound that is left is this landform, they say.

Which type of landform is just one of seven? It's a really big place split up into nations.

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