Vocabulary
Ocean Floor
Earth's Layers
Mapping
Miscellaneous
100
The physical features on Earth's surface.
What are landforms
100
The larges landform beneath the ocean.
What is the ocean basin
100
The rocky upper layer of Earth that contains continents and ocean basins.
What is the crust
100
The height of land above sea level,
What is elevation
100
Earth's largest bodies of water.
What are the oceans
200
Small streams that start in the mountains and join larger streams.
What are tributaries
200
The deepest part of the ocean floor.
What are the trenches
200
The layer that comes below the crust.
What is the mantle
200
They measure landforms.
What is a surveyor
200
The inner part of the core is made of what?
What is solid metal
300
The layer of air that surrounds Earth's surface.
What is the atmosphere
300
A wide flat area covering about 40% of the ocean floor.
What is the abyssal plain
300
The central part of the Earth.
What is the core
300
This type of map uses shading to show elevation.
What is a relief map.
300
The outer core is made of this.
What is liquid metal
400
Solid and liquid water that makes up 70% of Earth.
What is hydrosphere
400
The gently shallow sloping part of the ocean floor along the coast.
What is the continental shelf
400
The mostly melted part of the mantle.
What is asthenosphere
400
This type of map uses lines to show elevation.
What is a topographical map
400
What is the lithosphere made of?
What is solid rock
500
The part of Earth that is home for living things.
What is the biosphere
500
The sharp drop from the continental shelf to the continental rise.
What is continental slope
500
The crust and the upper part of the mantle that is rock make up this?
What is the lithosphere
500
These are far apart or close together to represent different elevation.
What is contour lines
500
What layer of the Earth makes up the biosphere?
What is lower atmosphere, the crust, and the hydrosphere
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