Mapping
What is the acronym that describes essential elements of a map?
BOLTSS
What earth system includes all living things?
Biosphere
How many main tectonic plates are there?
15
What word describes individual features within a landscape?
Landforms
What does the B in BOLTSS stand for?
Border
What earth system includes water?
Hydrosphere
What do tectonic plates 'float' on?
Magma
What word describes an area with a range of landforms within it?
Landscape
What does the O in BOLTSS stand for?
Orientation
What Earth system includes land and dirt?
Lithosphere
What are tectonic plates made of?
Rigid Lithosphere / Crust and Upper Mantle
Weathering
What does the L in BOLTSS stand for?
Legend
What Earth system includes air and gasses?
Atmosphere
What are the names of the 2 types of tectonic plates?
Continental and Oceanic
What word describes the process of small pieces of rock being moved to a new location by natural forces such as wind and water?
Erosion
What do the 2 S' in BOLTSS stand for?
Source and Scale
Can one Earth system survive on its own?
What are the names of the 3 tectonic boundaries?
Transform, diverging, converging
What word is used to describe the study of landforms, and the processes that formed them?
Geomorphology