Grade 1 study

What is a landform?

A landform is a shape of the land, like a mountain, hill, valley, or plain. Florida is mostly flat land near the ocean.

What is a mountain?

A mountain is very high land.. A mountain is very high land. A line of them is a range.

Is this true? An ocean is not a huge body of salt water.

No. An ocean is a huge body of salt water. Most of Earth is ocean. The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are the waters next to Florida.

What is a continent?

A continent is a huge piece of land. There are seven continents. We live on North America. The United States, Canada, and Mexico are on North America.

What is a globe?

A globe is a round model of Earth.. A globe is round like Earth. A flat map is easier to carry but can stretch places.

Is this true? An island is land with water all around it.

Yes. Land with water all around is an island. Florida has water on three sides, so it is not an island.

Match each prompt to its fact.

What is a landform? → A landform is a shape of the land, like a mountain, hill, valley, or plain.; What is a mountain? → A mountain is very high land.; What is an ocean? → An ocean is a huge body of salt water.; What is a continent? → A continent is a huge piece of land.

Put these ideas in lesson order.

landform → mountain → ocean → continent