1. EARTH SCIENCE

2. EARTH
• The earth is a huge sphere
• It is covered by water and soil
• Surrounded by air

3. THE EARTH’S SURFACE

4. LANDFORMS
• Mountains
• Plateaus
• Hills
• Valleys
• Plains

5. MOUNTAINS
• Large landforms
• Rise above the surrounding land
• Have steep slopes or rounded peaks
• May have one peak
• May be part of a mountain range

6. MOUNTAIN

7. VALLEYS
• Valleys are located between
mountains or hills
• They are lower places on earth
• Sometimes rivers run through
valleys

8. VALLEY

9. V-SHAPED OR U-SHAPED VALLEY?
• Formed by flowing water, such as a
river, are usually V-shaped
• Formed by glaciers – U-valley
• Fun Fact: A valley can also be called
a glen, vale, or dell.

10. PLATEAUS
• Stands higher than surrounding
land
• Has a flat top

11. PLATEAU

12. HILLS
• Raised area or mound of land
• Smaller than a mountain
• Have gentle rounded tops
• Do not have steep slopes

13. HILLS

14. PLAINS
• Wide, flat area of land
• Usually treeless
• Can be grassy or support scrub
brush
• Can be waterless deserts

15. PLAIN

16. CITATIONS
• denali lifts her skirts by Nic Mcphee, 7/23/06, Flickr.com – Attribution
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• Point Imperial by Ken Lund, 7/18/09, Flickr.com – Attribution share alike
• Valley of Feneos by Leoindas Tsementzs, 6/15/08, Flickr.com –
Attribution
• Hills, grain elevator, and little yellow plain by Lynn Suckow, 5/17/06,
Flickr.com – Attribution share alike
• Wessex Ridgeway Walk Wiltshire Plain by Gavin Stewart, 3/39/06,
Flickr.com – Attribution
• Nasa Full Disk View by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, 9-24/10,
Flickr.com – Attribution
• Death Valley Landscape by Wendy, 11/29/08, Flickr.com – Attribution No
Derivatives
• Houserock Road – Vermillion Cliffs and Kaibab Plateau by Al Hikes AZ,
5/2/08, Flickr.com – Attribution Non commercial