Lesson 29 of 84 · Geography
⭐ 30 XP🗺️ Atlas OutpostLand Shapes: Hills, Valleys, Plains
Land shapes are different all around the world.
🎯 Your mission
Connect the place to the people.
⚡ The twist
Maps lie a little — they always have to.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Africa is bigger than China, India, the US, and most of Europe — combined.
Then & Now
🌍 The geography you'll learn is the same one your phone's GPS is using right now.
Land shapes are different all around the world! Hills are small mountains, and valleys are low areas between hills. Plains are flat lands that can be great for farming. Each land shape is important for different kinds of plants and animals to live.
Key Facts
Hills are higher than the land around them.
Valleys are found between hills.
Plains are flat and can have lots of grass.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2What are hills?
Why this still matters
Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.
Stretch Challenge
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Find where everything in your fridge came from this week.
For the dinner table
“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”
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