Physical FeaturesPhysical Features

Social Studies Online

Grade 3

Social Studies Online

Grade 3

Blueprint SkillBlueprint SkillRecognize the identifying characteristics of certain

geographic features (i.e., peninsula, islands, continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and

forests).

Recognize the identifying characteristics of certain geographic features (i.e., peninsula, islands,

continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and

forests).

GeographyGeography

•What is geography?•What is geography?

GeographyGeography

•Geography is the study of the earth and how people use it.•Geography is the study of the earth and how people use it.

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

•Mountain range

•Plain

•Mountain range

•Plain

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

•Desert

•River

•Desert

•River

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

•Lake

•Oceans

•Lake

•Oceans

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

•Coast

•Island

•Coast

•Island

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

What Are the Different kinds of Physical Features?

•Peninsula•Peninsula

Mountain RangeMountain Range

•Land above the land around it•Land above the land around it

Mountain RangesMountain Ranges

•Appalachians

•Rocky

•Sierra Nevada

•Appalachians

•Rocky

•Sierra Nevada

PlainPlain

•Flat land•Flat land

DesertDesert

•Land with not much rain and few plants•Land with not much rain and few plants

RiverRiver

•A long body of moving water.•A long body of moving water.

                     

LakeLake

•Water with land

•surrounding it.

•Water with land

•surrounding it.

OceansOceans

•The world’s largest

•bodies of water.

•Oceans are made

•Of saltwater.

•The world’s largest

•bodies of water.

•Oceans are made

•Of saltwater.

OceansOceans

•Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

•Indian Ocean

•Artic Ocean

•Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

•Indian Ocean

•Artic Ocean

CoastCoast

•The land that borders the

•ocean is a coast. The

•United States borders

• several oceans.

•The land that borders the

•ocean is a coast. The

•United States borders

• several oceans.

IslandIsland

•An island is land with water surrounding it.•An island is land with water surrounding it.

PeninsulaPeninsula

•Land with water almost surrounding it.•Land with water almost surrounding it.