Ocean Landforms

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 strengthen their understanding of ocean geography and earth science by identifying major landforms of the Indian Ocean. Students read detailed descriptive clues and determine the correct landform-such as trenches, ridges, seas, gulfs, islands, and tectonic zones-using inference, geographic knowledge, and careful reading to match each description accurately.

Learning Goals

• Physical Landforms & Ocean Features (Grades 5-7) – Identify and describe major underwater and coastal landforms of the Indian Ocean
• Plate Tectonics & Seafloor Geography – Understand how tectonic activity shapes ridges, trenches, and ocean basins
• Reading & Inferencing Skills – Interpret descriptive clues to determine correct geographic features
• Geographic Vocabulary Development – Apply precise terms related to ocean landforms and physical geography

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with upper elementary and middle school geography and science standards
• Clue-Based Identification – Encourages reasoning and analysis rather than simple memorization
• Flexible Classroom Use – Suitable for independent practice, review, assessment, or small-group instruction
• Low-Prep Format – Ready-to-print worksheet with clear directions and student-friendly layout

This Ocean Landforms worksheet helps students build familiarity with the physical features that shape the Indian Ocean region while strengthening inference, comprehension, and scientific understanding. By matching detailed descriptions to landforms, learners deepen geographic literacy and confidence with complex physical geography concepts. It’s a practical, no-prep resource for both classroom instruction and homeschool learning.

This worksheet is part of our Indian Ocean Worksheets collection.