Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Exploring Earth's Surface
Exploring Earth's Surface
Exploring Earth's Surface
100
The shape of the land determined by the area's elevation, relief, and landforms.
What is topography
100
A landform with high elevation and high relief.
What is mountain
100
The topography of an area include what 3 things.
What is elevation, relief, landforms
100
What is known as the difference in elevation between an areas highest and lowest parts
What is relief
100
Who explored and observed many changes in topography.
What is Lewis and Clark
200
The height above sea level.
What is elevation
200
A group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, area, and age.
What is mountain range
200
The Columbia Plateau is a landform that has low relief and high or low elevation. Which one?
What is high
200
The different mountain ranges in a region.
What is mountain system
200
What is the broad interior plains in North America called.
What is The Great Plains
300
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area.
What is relief
300
A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface.
What is plateau
300
The Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains are examples of what kind of region.
What is landform
300
A landform region of plains with low elevation.
What is lowland
300
The Bitterroot Mountains are one mountain range in the mountain system of what mountains.
What is the Rocky Mountains
400
A feature of topography formed by the processes that shape Earth's surface.
What is landform
400
A large area of land where the topography is made up mainly of one type of landform.
What is landform region
400
High elevation and what kind of relief describe the topography of a mountain.
What is high
400
A region of hilly topography.
What is upland
400
What river cuts through the Columbia Plateau.
What is Columbia River
500
A landform made up of nearly flat or gently rolling land with low relief.
What is plain
500
Three major types of landforms.
What is plains, mountains, plateaus
500
A plain that is located away from the coast is known as what kind of plain.
What is interior
500
This is the height above sea level in a landform.
What is elevation
500
The highest elevation in the United States
What is Mt. McKinley, Alaska
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