LANDFORMS

First of all, I would like you to watch this beautiful video. As you watch it, answer the following questions in your Science notebook:

1. What is an "isthmus"?
2. What is a "bay"?
3. What is a "plateau"?
4. What is a "sand dune"?
5. What is a "delta"?
6. What is a "hill"?
7. What is a "plain"?
8. What is a "gulf"?
9. What is a "harbor"?
10. What is a "cliff"?
11. What are other landforms shown in the video?

Here is the link to the video:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mVOY8y5gQ4

Also watch this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84BbIRDyOA&feature=related


Now, watch the following video which shows how weathering changes landforms overtime. Water, wind, ice, etc. cause changes on rocks which eventually change their forms and sometimes their chemical composition, they become something different!! Watch carefully how it happens:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp2ZW1xoBP0

Here is a page and some activities to learn about the landforms of the United States, go through them, do the puzzle and good luck!

 http://tapestry.usgs.gov/default.html

For more information about landforms, check the following page, it has good information as well as pictures:

 http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm


Find information that describes the following landforms:


-Valleys
-Plateaus
-Loess
-Glaciers