Land
Land completely surrounded by water
Island
High land with steep sides and a flat top
Plateau
Water surrounded by land on all sides
Lake
What forces can make or change landforms
Weather, erosion, earthquakes
The part of the map that tells us what the symbols mean
Map key/Legend
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
Peninsula
Flat, grassy land
Plain
The largest bodies of salt water found on Earth
Oceans
Can landforms change over time?
Yes
What tells us the cardinal directions on a map?
Compass rose
A high, rounded mound of land lower than a mountain
Hill
The different forms of land found on the Earth's surface
Landforms
Bodies are flowing water that empty out into a larger body of water
River
Mountains that can erupt
Volcano
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast & Southeast are examples of
Intermediate directions
Low land found between mountains, shaped like a "V"
Valley
The 7 largest pieces of land found on Earth
Continents
A small river
Stream
What kind of land is good for farming?
Plains
A flat drawing of a place as looked at from above (birds eye view) is a
Map
Low land between mountains often caused by a river (shaped like a u)
Canyon
Sandy, dry land
desert
This landform is often made by rivers
canyon
What is lava called when it is inside the volcano?
magma
A 3-d model of the Earth is a
Globe