Planetary Carvers Worksheet
Color & Discover • Earth & Mars Landscape 1 of 2
The Water-Carved Landscape
Color the landscape below, then label the 4 water-carved features using the word bank!
Name:
Date:
Pd:
Coloring Key:
Water = Blue Plains/Banks = Green Sediment/Delta = Tan/Yellow Canyon Walls = Brown/Gray
1 2 3 4
Water Landforms Word Bank Match each term to numbers 1–4 on your picture
Tributary Network
Meandering Channel
Streamlined Island
River Delta
1
Branching feeder streams joining together:
2
Winding, curving path of the main river:
3
Teardrop-shaped carved island or sandbar:
4
Fan-shaped sediment deposit at the river mouth:
Planetary Surface Science • Water Landform Study Page 1 of 2 • Turn over to color the Lava Landscape! →
Color & Discover • Earth & Mars Landscape 2 of 2
The Lava-Carved Landscape
Color the volcanic landscape below, then label the 4 volcanic features using the word bank!
Student: ______________________
Coloring Key:
Molten Lava = Red/Orange Cooled Basalt = Dark Gray Volcano Slope = Tan/Brown Levees & Vent = Black/Charcoal
5 6 7 8
Lava Landforms Word Bank Match each term to numbers 5–8 on your picture
Collapse Pit (Vent)
Sinuous Rille
Raised Levees
Lava Tube Skylight
5
Circular source crater where lava erupted:
6
Winding volcanic canyon melted by hot lava:
7
Hardened ridges of cooled rock on channel rims:
8
Hole where an underground lava tube roof fell in:
Mars Debate Check: Look at your two colored pictures. What is the #1 visual difference between how water channels start vs. how lava channels start?
Planetary Surface Science • Volcanic Landform Study Page 2 of 2 • Keep this guide to help write your Mars Argument!
