Rock and Soil Words Match

Start with something students can look at or think about: a photo, a short video, a jar on the windowsill, or a question like "what do you already know about landforms?" Then let them work through it independently after a quick group example, checking in with a partner if they get stuck, keeping a word bank or anchor chart in view so the vocabulary stays available. When you review, ask students how they knew, and let them point to the part of the diagram or reading that told them. These landforms worksheets work well as a lead in before an investigation, as a way to capture what students noticed afterward, or as review before an assessment.

Match eight earth words, such as canyon, cave, dune and lava, to their pictures. Rocks and soil make up the land. Each land shape and each kind of rock or soil has its own name. The directions on the page read: Read the glossary. Then, write the word that matches each picture on its line. The answer key shows every answer.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade Earth and water, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with landforms. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Students learn the names, definitions, and visual characteristics of major landforms, and begin to understand that landforms were shaped by natural forces over long periods of time. For 7-8 year olds, picture matching, map activities, and simple model building make landform vocabulary stick.

Landforms are typically introduced in Grade 2 as part of Earth science and often appear in social studies geography lessons as well. The cross-curricular nature of this topic makes it especially valuable for building transferable academic vocabulary.

Explore Google Earth together and challenge your child to identify as many landforms as possible, mountains, rivers, coastlines, plains. Use the worksheets to record what you find. This digital geography expedition makes the science immediately real and interactive.

2 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 2nd Grade students, roughly ages 7-8. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the NGSS code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.