The Task

Students examine a variety of geographic features and see if they can match them with their names. Once they know the names of all the features, they are ready to take the Geographic Features Quiz. Contributed by Linda Weissler of Welby Way Elementary School-LAUSD.

Materials

• Geographic Feature #1: Peninsula or Gulf?
• Geographic Feature #2: Cape or Bay?
• Geographic Feature #3: Lake or Island?
• Geographic Feature #4: Strait or Isthmus?
• Geographic Feature #5: Archipelago or System of Lakes?

  After you have mastered all the geographic features, take this quiz to assess your understanding of the concepts.

• Geographic Features Quiz (No Java required)
• Geographic Features Quiz (Requires Java enabled browser)
• Geographers Hall of Fame

Procedure

1. Examine the geographic feature shown in each picture. Observe the unique pattern of land and water.
2. Next, examine the two names of geographic features below the picture. Which is the correct name for the one in the picture?
3. Click on the name that you feel is the correct answer, and find out if you are right! Be sure to read through all the information to help you learn all ten of the geographic features names included in the activity.
4. When you have worked through all the features and know their names, take the Geographic Features Quiz to send your answers to Angie and be entered in the Geographers Hall of Fame.

Learning the geographical features of the earth helps students study the physical location of a place. The relative location of a place on the Earth's surface can be identified by how it relates or is connected to another place. Knowledge of geographical features can make locating a place in the world much easier.