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The “Big Blue Marble”

The “Big Blue Marble”. From space, Earth looks like a big blue marble. Landforms. Is there more land or more water on Earth? How many continents are there on Earth? Does the land on Earth look the same everywhere?. Earth’s Landforms. 2 nd Grade Social Studies. Mountain.

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The “Big Blue Marble”

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  1. The “Big Blue Marble” From space, Earth looks like a big blue marble.

  2. Landforms • Is there more land or more water on Earth? • How many continents are there on Earth? • Does the land on Earth look the same everywhere?

  3. Earth’s Landforms 2nd Grade Social Studies

  4. Mountain

  5. Mountain Range A group of mountains

  6. Valley

  7. Volcano

  8. Hills Smaller than mountains

  9. Plains

  10. Plateau or Mesa Now, imagine a plateau surrounded by water. What would you call it?

  11. Island

  12. Archipelago(a group of islands) What do you call the area where the water and the land meet?

  13. CoastCoastlineBeach

  14. Ocean

  15. Gulf What is like a gulf, but smaller?

  16. Bay (smaller than a gulf) Bay

  17. Peninsula bay peninsula

  18. Canyon What causes a canyon to form?

  19. River

  20. Lake

  21. This is what the world looks like from space at night. What do you think makes the white lights?

  22. Part 2 • Next time we meet we will go to a web site called “I Know That!” and work some puzzles about landforms! • The next 4 slides show what the puzzles look like.

  23. Gulf Region

  24. Bay Area

  25. Plains Region

  26. Canyon Region

  27. Web Sites • http://www.pics4learning.com/?view=sub&cat=Geography • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml • http://www.rickriordan.com/types_of_landforms.htm • http://www.flashearth.com/ • http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ Interactive • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_geography/world_GL_1024_768.html • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_geography/world_G0_1024_768.html • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_geography/world_G1_1024_768.html • http://www.iknowthat.com/com

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