Bodies of Water
Name _______________________________________ Date __________________________________
Draw a picture of a water source. Don’t forget to include yourself in the picture!
My water source is
Students describe the characteristics of a water source: stream, river, lake, pond, ocean, or glacier.
Bodies Of Water Find the bodies of water below in the grid to the left: bay creek lagoon lake marsh ocean pond pool puddle river sea straight stream
RAIN OCEAN SEA LAKE RIVER
SNOW
ICE CLOUDS STREAM FOG
Vocabulary Worksheet
NAME______________________
Match the following terms for landforms and water bodies to the definitions given below. archipelago bay cape channel delta fjord
gulf harbor hill island isthmus mountains ocean
Write the vocabulary word that matches the definition. Draw an illustration. Word
archipelago
Illustration
peninsula plain plateau river river mouth sea sound strait
Definition and Examples
A group of islands
Definition Examples:
1. Indonesia 2. 3. A large, level, or nearly level area of raised land 1. 2. 3. Any small body of water set off from the main body of an ocean 1. 2. 3. Area of land totally surrounded by water 1. 2. 3.
Area of water lying within a curved coastline, usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea 1. 2. 3. Deep narrow inlet of the sea with high steep banks 1. 2. 3. Highest elevation of land on the Earth’s surface 1. 2. 3. Large body of salt water but smaller than an ocean 1. 2. 3. Large stream of water which drains an area of land 1. 2. 3. Largest body of salt water on the Earth’s surface 1. 2. 3. Long, narrow body of water, larger than a strait, that connects two larger bodies of water 1. 2. 3.
Narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land or joining a peninsula with a mainland 1. 2. 3. Narrow piece of land projecting into the sea 1. 2. 3. Narrow strip of water 1. 2. 3. Nearly level land of considerable size 1. 2. 3. Passageway of water that connects two large bodies of water 1. 2. 3. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water but still attached to a mainland 1. 2. 3. Point where are river ends its course 1. 2. 3.
Sand or soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, usually triangular shaped 1. 2. 3. Sheltered body of water where ships anchor 1. 2. 3. Small area of land that is higher than the land around it 1. 2. 3.
Instruction Sheet Group A 1. Identify the group member who will be doing the following: __________________________ ________________________ Teacher Records all information, is in charge of labels and supply bag, checks on builders’ work, teaches vocabulary terms and definitions to partner group. __________________________ ________________________ Builder __________________________ ________________________ Builder Both builders plan and create a sandbox landscape using the list of vocabulary words below. Builders can use the labels to temporarily identify their landforms and bodies of water. When they are finished creating the sandscape, they will remove all labels and give them to their group’s teacher. Builders exchange places with the partner group builders. Builders will learn the partner group’s vocabulary terms and label their partner group’s landforms and water bodies. Builders clean up any spilled sand and smooth over their sand for the next class. Your vocabulary words (landforms and water bodies) are: cape river archipelago sound fjord plateau hill harbor island ocean
Instruction Sheet Group B 1. Identify the group member who will be doing the following: __________________________ ________________________ Teacher Records all information, is in charge of labels and supply bag, checks on builders’ work, teaches vocabulary terms and definitions to partner group. __________________________ ________________________ Builder __________________________ ________________________ Builder Both builders plan and create a sandbox landscape using the list of vocabulary words below. Builders can use the labels to temporarily identify their landforms and bodies of water. When they are finished creating the sandscape, they will remove all labels and give them to their group’s teacher. Builders exchange places with the partner group builders. Builders will learn the partner group’s vocabulary terms and label their partner group’s landforms and water bodies. Builders clean up any spilled sand and smooth over their sand for the next class. Your vocabulary words (landforms and water bodies) are: bay channel delta gulf isthmus mountains peninsula plain river mouth sea strait
Answer Key Vocabulary Worksheet Write the vocabulary word that matches the definition. Draw an illustration.
Definition and Examples
Archipelago
A group of islands
Illustration
Examples:
1. 2. 3 plateau bay island gulf fjord mountains sea river ocean sound isthmus cape channel plains strait
A large, level, or nearly level area of raised land Any small body of water set off from the main body of an ocean Area of land totally surrounded by water Area of water lying within a curved coastline, usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea Deep narrow inlet of the sea with high steep banks Highest elevation of land on the Earth’s surface Large body of salt water but smaller than an ocean Large stream of water which drains an area of land Largest body of salt water on the Earth’s surface Long, narrow body of water, larger than a strait, that connects two larger bodies of water Narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land or joining a peninsula with a mainland Narrow piece of land projecting into the sea Narrow strip of water Nearly level land of considerable size Passageway of water that connects two large bodies of water
peninsula river mouth delta harbor hill
Piece of land nearly surrounded by water but still attached to a mainland Point where are river ends its course Sand or soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, usually triangular shaped Sheltered body of water where ships anchor Small area of land that is higher than the land around it
Vocabulary Test
Name_________________________________
Identify the landform or water body described below. 1. _________________________________
Point where a river ends its course
2. _________________________________
Sheltered body of water where ships anchor
3. _________________________________
A large, level, or nearly level area of raised land
4. _________________________________
A group of islands
5. _________________________________
Any small body of water set off from the main body of an ocean
6. _________________________________
Deep narrow inlet of the sea with high steep banks
7. _________________________________
Large stream of water which drains an area of land Narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land or joining a peninsula to a mainland
8. _________________________________ 9. _________________________________ 10. _________________________________ 11. _________________________________
Small area of land that is higher than the land around it Sand or soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, usually triangular shaped Highest elevation of land on Earth’s surface
12. _________________________________
Piece of land nearly surrounded by water but still attached to a mainland
13. _________________________________
Narrow piece of land projecting into the sea
14. ________________________________
Long, narrow body of water, larger than a strait, that connects two larger bodies of water
15. _________________________________
Large body of salt water but smaller than an ocean
16. _________________________________ 17. _________________________________ 18. _________________________________ 19. _________________________________
Nearly level land of considerable size Passageway of water that connects two large bodies of water Narrow strip of water
20. _________________________________
Area of water lying within a curved coastland usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea Area of land totally surrounded by water
21. _________________________________
Largest body of salt water on the Earth’s surface
Answer Key Vocabulary Test 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
river mouth harbor plateau archipelago bay fjord river isthmus hill delta mountains peninsula cape sound sea plain strait channel gulf island ocean
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Group A Labels
cape
river
archipelago
sound
fjord
plateau
hill
harbor
island
bay
channel
delta
mountains
isthmus
gulf
peninsula
plain
river mouth
sea
strait
ocean
Group B Labels
Label the following: Equator Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian Tropic of Capricorn
International Dateline
Major Bodies of Water Using the World Map or Globe, locate and then label on the map provided and give the Latitude and Longitude for each of the following: The major Oceans 1 Arctic Ocean 2 Atlantic Ocean 3 Pacific Ocean 4 Indian Ocean And the major Seas 5 North 6 Baltic 7 Mediterranean 8 Black 9 Caspian 10 Weddell 11 Arabian 12 Red 13 Caribbean 14 Coral 15 South China 16 Bering 17 Yellow 18 Japan 19 Kara 20 Laptev 21 Norwegian 22 Chukchi 23 Ross 24 Tasman 25 Beaufort 26 Barents 27 Philippine 28 Labrador 29 East Siberian Sea Label Gulfs and Bays 30 Mexico 31 Alaska 32 California 33 Hudson 34 Bengal 35 Persian 36 Guinea
Latitude
Longitude
Name ____________________________________
Date _________________________
Bodies of Water
1: Make an X on the picture that is not a body of water.
pond
rock
lake
glacier
2: Circle the box that tells how lakes and ponds are alike. A. Both dry up in the summer
B. Both get their water from the oceans
C. Lots of boats can float on both
3: Write the correct word in each box. Write Flowing glacier
pond
lake
or
D. Both are surrounded by land
Still. river
4: A man spilled some oil in the creek behind his house. He didn’t clean it up. Is this a bad thing for the river? Yes No Explain your answer.
Draw a picture of a water source. Don’t forget to include yourself in the picture!
My water source is
Students describe the characteristics of a water source: stream, river, lake, pond, ocean, or glacier.
Bodies Of Water Find the bodies of water below in the grid to the left: bay creek lagoon lake marsh ocean pond pool puddle river sea straight stream
RAIN OCEAN SEA LAKE RIVER
SNOW
ICE CLOUDS STREAM FOG
Vocabulary Worksheet
NAME______________________
Match the following terms for landforms and water bodies to the definitions given below. archipelago bay cape channel delta fjord
gulf harbor hill island isthmus mountains ocean
Write the vocabulary word that matches the definition. Draw an illustration. Word
archipelago
Illustration
peninsula plain plateau river river mouth sea sound strait
Definition and Examples
A group of islands
Definition Examples:
1. Indonesia 2. 3. A large, level, or nearly level area of raised land 1. 2. 3. Any small body of water set off from the main body of an ocean 1. 2. 3. Area of land totally surrounded by water 1. 2. 3.
Area of water lying within a curved coastline, usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea 1. 2. 3. Deep narrow inlet of the sea with high steep banks 1. 2. 3. Highest elevation of land on the Earth’s surface 1. 2. 3. Large body of salt water but smaller than an ocean 1. 2. 3. Large stream of water which drains an area of land 1. 2. 3. Largest body of salt water on the Earth’s surface 1. 2. 3. Long, narrow body of water, larger than a strait, that connects two larger bodies of water 1. 2. 3.
Narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land or joining a peninsula with a mainland 1. 2. 3. Narrow piece of land projecting into the sea 1. 2. 3. Narrow strip of water 1. 2. 3. Nearly level land of considerable size 1. 2. 3. Passageway of water that connects two large bodies of water 1. 2. 3. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water but still attached to a mainland 1. 2. 3. Point where are river ends its course 1. 2. 3.
Sand or soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, usually triangular shaped 1. 2. 3. Sheltered body of water where ships anchor 1. 2. 3. Small area of land that is higher than the land around it 1. 2. 3.
Instruction Sheet Group A 1. Identify the group member who will be doing the following: __________________________ ________________________ Teacher Records all information, is in charge of labels and supply bag, checks on builders’ work, teaches vocabulary terms and definitions to partner group. __________________________ ________________________ Builder __________________________ ________________________ Builder Both builders plan and create a sandbox landscape using the list of vocabulary words below. Builders can use the labels to temporarily identify their landforms and bodies of water. When they are finished creating the sandscape, they will remove all labels and give them to their group’s teacher. Builders exchange places with the partner group builders. Builders will learn the partner group’s vocabulary terms and label their partner group’s landforms and water bodies. Builders clean up any spilled sand and smooth over their sand for the next class. Your vocabulary words (landforms and water bodies) are: cape river archipelago sound fjord plateau hill harbor island ocean
Instruction Sheet Group B 1. Identify the group member who will be doing the following: __________________________ ________________________ Teacher Records all information, is in charge of labels and supply bag, checks on builders’ work, teaches vocabulary terms and definitions to partner group. __________________________ ________________________ Builder __________________________ ________________________ Builder Both builders plan and create a sandbox landscape using the list of vocabulary words below. Builders can use the labels to temporarily identify their landforms and bodies of water. When they are finished creating the sandscape, they will remove all labels and give them to their group’s teacher. Builders exchange places with the partner group builders. Builders will learn the partner group’s vocabulary terms and label their partner group’s landforms and water bodies. Builders clean up any spilled sand and smooth over their sand for the next class. Your vocabulary words (landforms and water bodies) are: bay channel delta gulf isthmus mountains peninsula plain river mouth sea strait
Answer Key Vocabulary Worksheet Write the vocabulary word that matches the definition. Draw an illustration.
Definition and Examples
Archipelago
A group of islands
Illustration
Examples:
1. 2. 3 plateau bay island gulf fjord mountains sea river ocean sound isthmus cape channel plains strait
A large, level, or nearly level area of raised land Any small body of water set off from the main body of an ocean Area of land totally surrounded by water Area of water lying within a curved coastline, usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea Deep narrow inlet of the sea with high steep banks Highest elevation of land on the Earth’s surface Large body of salt water but smaller than an ocean Large stream of water which drains an area of land Largest body of salt water on the Earth’s surface Long, narrow body of water, larger than a strait, that connects two larger bodies of water Narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land or joining a peninsula with a mainland Narrow piece of land projecting into the sea Narrow strip of water Nearly level land of considerable size Passageway of water that connects two large bodies of water
peninsula river mouth delta harbor hill
Piece of land nearly surrounded by water but still attached to a mainland Point where are river ends its course Sand or soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, usually triangular shaped Sheltered body of water where ships anchor Small area of land that is higher than the land around it
Vocabulary Test
Name_________________________________
Identify the landform or water body described below. 1. _________________________________
Point where a river ends its course
2. _________________________________
Sheltered body of water where ships anchor
3. _________________________________
A large, level, or nearly level area of raised land
4. _________________________________
A group of islands
5. _________________________________
Any small body of water set off from the main body of an ocean
6. _________________________________
Deep narrow inlet of the sea with high steep banks
7. _________________________________
Large stream of water which drains an area of land Narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land or joining a peninsula to a mainland
8. _________________________________ 9. _________________________________ 10. _________________________________ 11. _________________________________
Small area of land that is higher than the land around it Sand or soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, usually triangular shaped Highest elevation of land on Earth’s surface
12. _________________________________
Piece of land nearly surrounded by water but still attached to a mainland
13. _________________________________
Narrow piece of land projecting into the sea
14. ________________________________
Long, narrow body of water, larger than a strait, that connects two larger bodies of water
15. _________________________________
Large body of salt water but smaller than an ocean
16. _________________________________ 17. _________________________________ 18. _________________________________ 19. _________________________________
Nearly level land of considerable size Passageway of water that connects two large bodies of water Narrow strip of water
20. _________________________________
Area of water lying within a curved coastland usually larger than a bay and smaller than a sea Area of land totally surrounded by water
21. _________________________________
Largest body of salt water on the Earth’s surface
Answer Key Vocabulary Test 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
river mouth harbor plateau archipelago bay fjord river isthmus hill delta mountains peninsula cape sound sea plain strait channel gulf island ocean
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Group A Labels
cape
river
archipelago
sound
fjord
plateau
hill
harbor
island
bay
channel
delta
mountains
isthmus
gulf
peninsula
plain
river mouth
sea
strait
ocean
Group B Labels
Label the following: Equator Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian Tropic of Capricorn
International Dateline
Major Bodies of Water Using the World Map or Globe, locate and then label on the map provided and give the Latitude and Longitude for each of the following: The major Oceans 1 Arctic Ocean 2 Atlantic Ocean 3 Pacific Ocean 4 Indian Ocean And the major Seas 5 North 6 Baltic 7 Mediterranean 8 Black 9 Caspian 10 Weddell 11 Arabian 12 Red 13 Caribbean 14 Coral 15 South China 16 Bering 17 Yellow 18 Japan 19 Kara 20 Laptev 21 Norwegian 22 Chukchi 23 Ross 24 Tasman 25 Beaufort 26 Barents 27 Philippine 28 Labrador 29 East Siberian Sea Label Gulfs and Bays 30 Mexico 31 Alaska 32 California 33 Hudson 34 Bengal 35 Persian 36 Guinea
Latitude
Longitude
Name ____________________________________
Date _________________________
Bodies of Water
1: Make an X on the picture that is not a body of water.
pond
rock
lake
glacier
2: Circle the box that tells how lakes and ponds are alike. A. Both dry up in the summer
B. Both get their water from the oceans
C. Lots of boats can float on both
3: Write the correct word in each box. Write Flowing glacier
pond
lake
or
D. Both are surrounded by land
Still. river
4: A man spilled some oil in the creek behind his house. He didn’t clean it up. Is this a bad thing for the river? Yes No Explain your answer.
