Geological Features
Vocabulary
rock | peak (2) | mountain |
valley | hilltop | watershed |
stone | canyon | hot spring |
river | stream | continent |
plains | volcano | plate tectonics |
lake | prairie | earthquake |
basin | granite | continental drift |
fossil | delta (2) | summit (2) |
hill | fissure | hot spring |
glacier | geyser | shoreline |
lava | plateau | sediment |
shore | erosion | petroleum |
wave | tremor | South Pole |
ore | deposit | underground |
layer | gravity | underwater |
strata | meteor | meteorite |
cliff | igneous | sandstone |
polar | limestone | sedimentary rock |
ash | coastline | North Pole |
dune | magma | volcanic eruption |
sand | mineral | mountain range |
Here are some pictures. Answer the following questions for each.
1. What is this? This is a . . . . .
2. Where is this place? This is a . . . . .
3. Describe the weather. What season is this? What month is it?
4. Who is this person? He is . . . . . She is a . . . . . They are . . . . .
5. What is she doing? What’s he doing? What are they doing? He is . . . . . .
6. How does he feel? He is . . . . . . .
7. What will happen next? They will . . . . .
Uluru Rock, Australia Chocolate Hills, Philippines
Valley, Guyana Roque Gageac, France
Bryce Canyon, Utah Chiricahua National Park; Arizona, US
Brimham Rock, UK Meteora Monastery, Greece
Glacier National Park, Patagonia, Mount Everest, Nepal
Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy Lava Flow, Kilauea, Volcano, Hawaii, USA
Cappadocia, Turkey Cote de Granit; Rose, France


Sinkhole; Yucatan, Mexico Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa, Iceland