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Earth's Physical Features

Earth's Physical Features

Earth's physical features including mountains, rivers, and volcanoes

🌍 Part 1: Identifying Earth's Physical Features

1. Circle the correct answer for each Earth feature:

What is a volcano?

A large body of water

An opening in the Earth where magma erupts

A flat area of land

How are mountains formed?

By wind erosion only

By tectonic plate movements and volcanic activity

By rivers flowing downhill

What causes rivers to change shape over time?

Erosion and water flow

They never change shape

Only earthquakes

🏔️ Part 2: Earth Features and Processes

2. Check all the geological processes that shape Earth's surface:

Erosion

Volcanic activity

Tectonic plate movement

Wind and water action

Human activities

3. Fill in the blanks about Earth's features:

The Earth's surface is constantly changing due to _____________ processes. Volcanoes form when _____________ erupts from beneath the Earth's surface. Rivers can carve through rock over thousands of years through the process of _____________. The largest bodies of water on Earth are called _____________.

🎨 Part 3: Drawing Earth's Features

4. Draw and label three different Earth features in the space below. Include: a mountain, a river, and a volcano.
5. Explain how one of the features you drew affects living things (including humans):

🌿 Part 4: Māori Perspectives and Cultural Connections

6. Match the Earth features with their descriptions:
1. Mountains
2. Rivers
3. Plains
4. Oceans
A. Large flat areas of land
B. Flowing bodies of fresh water
C. High elevated landforms
D. Large bodies of salt water
7. Why is it important to understand and respect the Earth from multiple viewpoints, including Māori perspectives?

🧠 Part 5: True or False

8. Circle T for True or F for False for each statement:

T / F - Volcanoes are formed by moving tectonic plates.

T / F - Rivers can change shape over time.

T / F - Mountains stay exactly the same all the time.

T / F - The Earth's surface is constantly changing.

T / F - Erosion only happens in rivers.

9. Name one local geological feature in Aotearoa New Zealand and describe what type of Earth feature it is:
10. How do Earth's physical features connect to and impact the environment around them?

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