Vocabulary
Maps and Data
Patterns of Earth's Features
Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
Weathering and Erosion
100
The process that wears away or breaks down rock.
What is weathering
100
Mrs. Riley uses this part of a map to figure out which direction she must head.
What is a compass rose?
100
Formed at the edges of plates and crash into one another.
What is a mountain?
100
This rock is formed from magma when it cools below or above the earth.
What is igneous rock?
100
Chemical and physical.
What are the two types of weathering?
200
Rocks changed by heat, pressure, or both. Has neat smooth lines.
What is metamorphic rock?
200
Another word for key on a map. Some contain images to describe what is located in specific spots.
What is a legend?
200
These form at places where magma, or molten rock, reaches Earth's surface.
What are volcanoes?
200
What is sedimentary rock?
200
This causes pits and holes in rocks due to acid rain, rotting plants, or oxygen reacting with water.
What is chemical weathering?
300
Can form when 2 plates move apart.
What are oceans?
300
This map helps me with driving directions in a new place.
What is a street map? (road or highway)
300
A single hill that has steep sides and a flat top.
What is a butte?
300
This rock is changed from a different rock because of heat, pressure, or both.
What is metamorphic rock?
300
Flakes and cracks.
What are characteristics of physical weathering?
400
Can be described with words such as pearly, glassy, flat, or metallic.
What is luster?
400
What is a physical map?
400
lines of mountains connected by high ground.
What are mountain ranges.
400
This is where soil is created just above the bed rock.
What is parent material?
400
This process affects rocks and soil by moving particles to new places.
What is erosion?
500
cracks in Earth's crust..
What is a fault?
500
This map uses lines to show steepness.
What is a topographic map?
500
The name of the area that has a high pattern of volcanoes.
What is the ring of fire?
500
This is where plants grow.
What is the top soil?
500
This is where most of Florida's drinking water is found.
What is underground?