Landforms - Teaching Resources for 3rd Grade Teachers

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Landforms

Directions: Cut out the riddles. Match the riddle with the picture of each landform. Glue the riddle next to the correct picture.

VOLCANO

CANYON

WATERFALL

PLAINS

Landforms Cont'

MOUNTAIN RIVER CAVE OCEAN VALLEY ISLAND

Landforms Cont'

DELTA PENINSULA

LAKE HILL CONTINENTS

Landforms Cont'

What kind of landform is the tallest Which type of landform stretches

of all

into the tides;

With a spiky top where snow may Surrounded by water on three of its

fall?

sides?

What kind of landform always runs downhill

And can be used to turn turbines that power a mill?

Which type of landform is just one of seven?

It's a really big place split up into nations.

When the wind and the rain wear a mountain away,

The mound that is left is this landform, they say.

This large body of water is surrounded by land.

It's a great place to fish or swim, if you can.

You get this landform when oceans run dry.

They're broad, flat spaces stretching under the sky.

Landforms like this are often times found

In the side of a mountain or as a hole in the ground.

What kind of landform has very steep sides

That were cut by a river's erosion and time?

To get to this landform, a boat you may ride

Since water surrounds it on every side.

Triangle-shaped landforms like this often sit

Near the ocean where a river finally runs into it.

Going over this landform will make you shiver.

It occurs when there's a sharp drop off in a river.

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains

And very tall hills; it's the low land between them.

What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water

That takes up three-fourths of the Earth, and is salty?

What kind of landform has a vent at the top,

Spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

"Landforms" Answer Key

VOLCANO CANYON WATERFALL PLAINS

What kind of landform has a vent at the top,

Spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

What kind of landform has very steep sides

That were cut by a river's erosion and time?

Going over this landform will make you shiver.

It occurs when there's a sharp drop off in a river.

You get this landform when oceans run dry.

They're broad, flat spaces stretching under the sky.

"Landforms" Answer Key Cont'

MOUNTAIN RIVER CAVE OCEAN VALLEY ISLAND

What kind of landform is the tallest of all

With a spiky top where snow may fall?

What kind of landform always runs downhill

And can be used to turn turbines that power a mill?

Landforms like this are often times found

In the side of a mountain or as a hole in the ground.

What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water

That takes up three-fourths of the Earth, and is salty?

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains

And very tall hills; it's the low land between them.

To get to this landform, a boat you may ride

Since water surrounds it on every side.

"Landforms" Answer Key Cont'

DELTA PENINSULA

LAKE HILL CONTINENTS

Triangle-shaped landforms like this often sit

Near the ocean where a river finally runs into it.

Which type of landform stretches into the tides;

Surrounded by water on three of its sides?

This large body of water is surrounded by land.

It's a great place to fish or swim, if you can.

When the wind and the rain wear a mountain away,

The mound that is left is this landform, they say.

Which type of landform is just one of seven?

It's a really big place split up into nations.

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