Directions for Making a Geographic Features Vocabulary Book 1. Cut the photographs boxes out of page 2 and sort the them into two groups: physical features and human-made features. 2. Correctly match each photograph to the vocabulary definitions. Then glue each photograph next to the definition. 3. Take pages 3 and 4 and cut them in half on the dotted line. Next, fold each sheet in half hot dog style. 4. Glue side B of the vocabulary word sheet to side C vocabulary sheet, side. Next, glue side F of the vocabulary word sheet to side G vocabulary sheet, side. Now side D of the photograph sheet to side E photograph sheet. 5. Cut a sheet of construction paper 5 x 11 1/2 and fold it in half hotdog style. Glue A photograph sheet to the inside of the cover and H photograph sheet to the inside of the back cover. 9. Cut out the title box and glue it on the front of the book. Physical and Human-made Features 1
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Physical Features Physical Features archipelago a large group of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean island a piece of land that is smaller than a continent and has water all butte an isolated, steepsided hill usually found in dry areas with a top smaller than a mesa marsh an area of land under water with grasses appearing out of the water canyon a deep valley with steep sides mesa a flat-topped hill with steep sides, common in dry areas cliff a high and very steep rock face, either inland or along a shoreline mountain land that is much higher than the land coastal plain an extensive area of low-lying coastal land with a relatively flat surface sea a body of salt water smaller than an ocean divide the higher ground which separates two areas of drainage swamp an area of spongy land too wet to farm, usually with coarse grasses, trees or other A B C D 3
Human-made Features Human-made Features building monument any structure with a roof and sides structure erected in memory of a person, event canal a waterway built across land for irrigation or for boats and ships to travel port a place where ships may dock or anchor, that has facilities for loading and unloading cultivated land land plowed and planted with crops quarry an open excavation in the earth, generally for the purpose of obtaining rock materials dam an artificial structure which holds back a flow of water railroad tracks one or more lines of track on which locomotives and cars transport people and goods irrigated farm land land receiving water for plants or crops in addition to rainfall road a surface on which people, animals, cars, and other vehicles travel lighthouse a structure with a powerful light at the top that is built on the shore or near it to guide boats or ships at night tunnel a passageway under a street or river or through a mountain E F G 4 H
Physical Features Physical Features archipelago a large group of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean butte an isolated, steepsided hill usually found in dry areas with a top smaller than a mesa canyon marsh an area of land under water with grasses appearing out of the water mesa a deep valley with steep sides a flat-topped hill with steep sides, common in dry areas cliff mountain a high and very steep rock face, either inland or along a shoreline land that is much higher than the land coastal plain sea an extensive area of low-lying coastal land with a relatively flat surface a body of salt water smaller than an ocean divide the higher ground which separates two areas of drainage A island a piece of land that is smaller than a continent and has water all B swamp an area of spongy land too wet to farm, usually with coarse grasses, trees or other C 5 D
Human-made Features Human-made Features building monument any structure with a roof and sides structure erected in memory of a person, event canal a waterway built across land for irrigation or for boats and ships to travel port a place where ships may dock or anchor, that has facilities for loading and unloading cultivated land land plowed and planted with crops quarry an open excavation in the earth, generally for the purpose of obtaining rock materials dam an artificial structure which holds back a flow of water railroad tracks one or more lines of track on which locomotives and cars transport people and goods irrigated farm land land receiving water for plants or crops in addition to rainfall road a surface on which people, animals, cars, and other vehicles travel lighthouse a structure with a powerful light at the top that is built on the shore or near it to guide boats or ships at night tunnel a passageway under a street or river or through a mountain E F G 6 H