Answer the following questions about landforms. When you have completed the scavenger hunt, go to one of the sites you used and research one type of landform.
1. What is a landform? Name three types of a landforms.
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
2. What is a valley?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml3. How is a valley formed?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/valleyfl.htm
4. What is a mountain?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
5. How is a mountain formed
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/mountainmm.htm
6. What is the difference between a hill and a mountain?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/hillmc.htm
7. What is a Plain?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/plainmr.htm
8. What controls plant life on the plains?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/plainmr.htm
9. How does a coast plain differ from an inland plain?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/plainmr.htm10. What is a cave?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
11. Name three things that can cause the formation of a cave.
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/index.html12. What is a Glacier?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/glacierjf.htm
13. How much of the earth’s supply of fresh water is presently found in glaciers?
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/glacierjf.htm
14. What is the average thickness of a glacier
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/glacierjf.htm
15. What is an estuary?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
16. How is an estuary like a hotel?
http://www.aquariumteacher.com/fun-facts.html17. What is a Lagoon?
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Whatsa_lagoon.htm
18. What are the three main types of lagoons?
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Whatsa_lagoon.htm