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Geographical features in England

I can locate and name some of England's geographical features using atlases, maps, photographs and Google Earth.

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Year 2

Geographical features in England

I can locate and name some of England's geographical features using atlases, maps, photographs and Google Earth.

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Key learning points

  1. England is mountainous in the north and west, and flatter in the south and east.
  2. Most people in the UK live in England; there are lots of cities, towns and villages.
  3. The countryside in England has smaller towns and villages, farmland, forests, lakes and moorland.
  4. England's coastline has many sandy beaches.

Keywords

  • Town - A town is a settlement that is usually larger than a village but smaller than a city.

  • Mountain - A mountain is a natural raised part of Earth’s surface that is higher than a hill.

  • Coastline - A coastline is the boundary between the land and the sea or ocean.

  • Moorland - Moorland is found in hilly areas and has poor soils and few trees.

Common misconception

There are not many people who live in rural areas in England.

In 2020, 12.0 million people lived in rural areas – this is 21.3% of the England population (gov. website)

If you are undertaking all lessons 3 to 6, Task B can be completed on one map of the UK to build up a full map of feature locations.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a physical feature?
Correct answer: a natural area or thing that hasn't been made by people
a man-made structure, like a building or a road
a type of animal
Q2.
What is the name of the highest mountain in Scotland?
Loch Ness
Correct answer: Ben Nevis
Edinburgh
Snowdon
Q3.
Moorland is a type of landscape that ...
Correct answer: is found in hilly areas.
has beaches and salt water.
Correct answer: has poor quality soils so not many trees grow there.
is found in towns.
Q4.
A town is ...
Correct answer: a type of settlement where people live.
Correct answer: smaller than a city but larger than a village.
a piece of farmland.
Correct answer: an urban area.
Q5.
Match each physical feature to the correct description.
Correct Answer:mountain,a natural raised part of land that is higher than a hill

a natural raised part of land that is higher than a hill

Correct Answer:lake,a large area of water surrounded by land

a large area of water surrounded by land

Correct Answer:island,a piece of land that is surrounded by water

a piece of land that is surrounded by water

Correct Answer:coastline,the place where land meets the sea or ocean

the place where land meets the sea or ocean

Q6.
What is the summit of a mountain?
Correct answer: The highest point or top of a mountain.
The bottom of a mountain.
The middle part of a mountain.
The side of a mountain.

6 Questions

Q1.
What is the largest country in the UK?
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Correct answer: England
Q2.
What is a town?
a large body of water surrounded by land
a type of animal found in the United Kingdom
Correct answer: a populated area that is larger than a village but smaller than a city
an area larger than a city
Q3.
How many people live in England?
around 10 million
around 40 million
Correct answer: around 55 million
around 100 million
Q4.
What is a mountainous area?
Correct answer: a region with many mountains
a region with many lakes
a region with many cities
a region with many deserts
Q5.
Where in England do you find the most mountains?
Correct answer: north and west
south and east
north and east
south and west
Q6.
What is the highest mountain in England?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Snowdon
Ben Nevis
Correct answer: Scafell Pike