Landscape

The natural landscape in a specific place depends on the types of rocks it contains.

Basalt landscapes

Landscapes with rock layers

Granite landscapes

Landscapes with squashed rocks

Landscape changes can be slow or quick.

Volcano formation

Gases

Lava

Wind and water deposit pieces in lower areas.

Mountain formation

Mountain

Volcano

1 Find the mistakes in these sentences. Write the correct sentences in your notebook: a) The crust is the only part of the Earth with rocks. b) Rocks are solid, natural and formed by air and water.

2 We can identify rocks by the … . They are made from, the … of their components and how the … in nature.

3 Guess the names of these rocks: a) Huge forces folded the rocks and pushed them up. b) The sea eroded the rocks. c) The wind shaped these mountains of sand. a) Roof covering b) Sculpture c) Cement d) Glass e) Bricks

5 What is the name of the place we get rocks from? Do Internet research about one of these places. Write a short paragraph about its location, the rocks we get from it and what we use the rock for.

6 Match the photos with the descriptions of how the landforms were created.

4 What rocks do you need to make these objects? Name one or more.

Traffic lights. Apply this colour code to each activity in your notebook.

If you knew the answer.

If you needed help.

If you couldn’t answer the question.

Gather your holiday photos and make an album with fun facts about the landscapes.

Gather some photos of beautiful landscapes made up of rocks (clifts, beaches, valleys, mountains, etc.). Distribute the photos amongst the class. Work on your own or in pairs. Apply the ‘I see, I think, I ask myself…’ technique. Copy and complete the chart for your photo.

I see

I think…

I ask myself

What kind of landscape does the photo show? How do you think the landscape was formed? What questions do you have about the rocks in the landscape and how they were formed? What are the rocks like? Can you identify the types of rocks?

1 Find information to answer your questions. Don’t worry if you can’t answer them all! Then write a short text about the landscape in the photo.

2 Create an album with all the photos and fun facts you’ve got. You can make a digital album or print the photos and texts to display in the classroom.

1 Reflect and answer in your notebook.

a) What was the most fascinating thing you learned?

b) What was the hardest thing?

2 c) What can you say to someone who thinks rocks are really boring? d) What can you say to someone who thinks relief never changes?

Now you know more about rocks and how the Earth’s relief changes.