Describing Earth’s Land
A _________________ is a natural feature of the Earth’s surface.
Landform
An ________________ is a large body of salt water.
Ocean
A _____________ is a copy of a real place.
Map
When a volcano erupts, it can cause a _______________________ or an _________________________.
Landslide, or earthquake
What is a mountain with a flat top called?
Plateau
The highest landform is called a _________________________.
Mountain
Rivers and streams are flowing bodies of __________________ water.
Fresh
A map has a ______________________ to tell you what the symbols mean.
Key
Floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides are _______________________ changes to Earth’s surface.
Fast
What is a small body of fresh water completely surrounded by land called?
Lake
Mountains have very steep _________________________ that slant up.
Slopes
When snow compacts on a mountain and turns to ice, a _________________________ is formed. This takes hundreds of years.
Glacier
The ___________________ helps you compare the size of a place or object on the map to the object in real life.
Scale
Name two Earth changes that happen quickly.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruption, landslides, floods.
What is an area that is completely flat, it does not have any hills called?
Plain
The low area between mountains is called a ________________________.
Valleys
How is ocean water different from the water in a river or stream?
Ocean water is different because it is salty. Water in a river or stream is not salty. It is called fresh water.
What are two map features?
Compass rose, scale, map key, title
What fast changes can an erupting volcano cause?
An earthquake, a tsunami, landslides, and floods.
What is a small piece of land completely surrounded by water called?
Island
Name three types of landforms.
Mountains, slope, hill, valley, plains, canyon, plateau, volcano, cliff, peninsula, ocean, river, stream, lake, glacier, bay, island.
This body of water is wider than a stream and flows towards oceans.
Rivers
What kinds of things can you learn from a map?
Weather or climate, directions to a place, locations, distance between places, natural resources, borders of states and countries, sizes of landforms.
What is a landslide?
A landslide is when the side of a mountain or hill falls down.
What is a mound of land that is smaller than a mountain called?
Hill