Mapping
What does the B in BOLTSS stand for?
Border.
What is a landform?
A feature of Earth's surface.
Which landform is where land meets a large body of water?
Coastal landscape.
When two plates move apart, they form what type of boundary?
divergent boundary
What is erosion caused by rain, snow, and other weather patterns called?
Weathering
What type of map shows physical features of the land?
Physical map.
A stack is a landform you see where?
Coastal landscape.
What is a landscape?
A way to define an area by common landforms.
What is subduction?
One plate is forced beneath another at a convergent boundary.
A beach can be shaped by two types of waves. Name one.
Constructive wave.
Destructive wave.
What type of map would a government official use to check country borders?
Political map.
What landform is caused by a river meandering?
Oxbow lake
Which type of landscape is created almost entirely by tectonic plate movement?
Mountain landscape.
When the ground presses and folds on each other, compressing itself what does it form?
Folding
The constant movement of a river cutting down through the earth causes what to form?
Canyons.
What is the bottom map called in an overlay map?
Base map.
Where could you find sand dunes? (2 places!)
Beaches or deserts
Which landscape is characterized by less than 25mm of rainfall a year?
Desert
When lava, gases, and volcanic ash are allowed to escape Earth's surface what is formed?
A volcano.
When a fast moving river meets a large, slow body of water, what forms as a result of deposition?
A river delta
Define peninsula and give an example of one.
An area of land surrounded on 3 sides by water.
EX: Korea, Italy, Denmark, Florida, ect.
What landform is a characteristic of a karst landscape?
Stalagmite
Which landform is characterized by acidic water shaping underground caves and caverns.
Karst landscape.
The uppermost layer of the lithosphere is called what?
The crust
The constant erosion by what causes stacks, arches, and cliffs in a coastal landscape?
Waves