1. 9/17/10 – BR: What type of land form do you see here?

2. Using information from today draw each type of plate boundary
Using information from today draw each type of plate boundary. Make sure to label each type of boundary.
Homework Check

3. Binder Check Syllabus Mr
Binder Check Syllabus Mr. Mac’s Class Guidelines Student Bill of Rights 9/8: Exit Slip (about respect) 9/9: Exit Slip (about Robert and Amelia) 9/10: BR and Exit Slip (3 Things You Want to Learn..) 9/14 : BR, Notes about Earth Layers and Axis 9/15 : BR, Notes about Earth Crust and Continental Drift 9/16: (today) BR, Landform Notes

4. Landforms Project – Due Tuesday
Design, draw, and color a map containing at least ten of the landforms we will discuss today. Demonstrate that you understand the various forms.
Landforms – 20pts.
Color Design – 10 pts.
Creativity/Originality – 10 pts.

5. Types of Landforms Lake River Island Range Mountain Archipelago
Channel
Hill
Valley
Canal
Divide
Peninsula
Volcano
Bay
Source
Tributary
Cape
Plateau
Strait
Gulf
Sea
Isthmus

6. Peninsula

7. volcano
A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts and also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
Pinatubo, Philippines

8. tributary

9. Bay a body of water surrounded by land on three sides.
Hudson Bay, Canada

10. source The place where a river begins
Lake Victoria The Source of the Nile River
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

11. Cape
A cape is a pointed area of land that extends out into a body of water.
Cape of Good Hope
South Africa

12. plateau A large flat land at a high elevation
Central Siberian Plateau, Russia

13. strait A narrow deep body of water located between two land masses.
The Bering Strait, North Pacific
Alaska
Russia

14. gulf
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
The Gulf of Mexico

15. sea
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
Mediterranean Sea

16. Isthmus A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
Isthmus of Panama
Central America

17. lake
The Great Lakes
Northern United States
- A body of fresh water.

18. river Amazon River – Brazil
- A flowing body of water moving higher to lower elevations.

19. island Madagascar, Southeast Africa
- Land surrounded by water on all sides.

20. range Andes Mountain Range West Coast of South America
- A long narrow group of mountains

21. mountain
Mount Everest, Nepal, Asia
Tallest Mountain in the World -

22. archipelago Indonesian Archipelago, Pacific Ocean
- A long narrow collection of islands

23. channel English Channel Between England and France
- A long narrow strip of water between two large land masses.

24. hill
Hills of Rome, Italy
A short rounded rise in elevation

25. valley Indus River Valley, Asia
- A low point between mountains or hills.

26. canal
Suez Canal, Egypt
- A man-made waterway

27. divide Continental Divide, North America
- Line indicating the divergent slopes of a continent