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3 rd Grade Landforms Vocabulary Mrs. Thornburg’s version. Vocabulary in 3 rd Grade Landforms. Continent Cave Plateau Canyon Ocean River Mountain Hill Island Waterfall Valley Volcano Peninsula Lake Plains Harbor Bay Gulf.
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Vocabulary in 3rd Grade Landforms Continent Cave Plateau Canyon Ocean River Mountain Hill Island Waterfall Valley Volcano Peninsula Lake Plains Harbor Bay Gulf
What do we call a mountainous vent in the Earth’s crust that can spew out lava?
What do we call a large hole in the side of a hill or mountain or in the ground?
What do we call a very tall, raised area of earth, sometimes with a spiky top (peak)?
What do you call one of the huge bodies of salt water that make up about two-thirds of the surface of the Earth?
What do we call a body of water that flows downhill, usually emptying into a larger body of water?
What do we call a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
What do we call a piece of land that is flat and higher than the land around it?
What do we call flowing water where a river falls off steeply?
What do we call a deep valley with very steep sides, often carved through the Earth by a river?
What do we call a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides?
What do we call one of the seven land masses that the Earth is divided into?
What do we call a medium-sized body of water surrounded by land?
What do we call a large portion of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land?
What do we call a portion of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land (smaller than a gulf)?
What do we call a portion of an ocean or sea partly surrounded by land (smaller than a bay with docks or ports for boats)?