Vocabulary
Maps and Map Making
Streamtables
Go With the Flow
Mystery
100
_____________________ is the wearing away of earth by wind, water, or ice.
What is erosion?
100
A drawing of an area, usually as though you were looking straight down on it is called a _________________.
What is a map?
100
Some scientists believe that canyons were formed by _____________.
What is erosion?
100
A _______________ is a very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water.
What is a flood?
100
What earth materials are deposited first as the water in a river slows down?
What is heavier earth materials like sand are deposited before the lighter materials like clay.
200
A shape or feature of the earth's surface, like a delta or a canyon is called a ____________________.
What is a landform?
200
A _________________ is an explanation of symbols used on a map.
What is a key?
200
In our stream table example, we started by building a _________________, a large, nearly level area, that has been lifted above the surrounding area.
What is a plateau?
200
A __________________ rises and falls rapidly with little or no advance warning; usually as the result of very heavy rainfall over a small area.
What is a flash flood?
200
How did slope effect the time it took for landforms to appear?
What is material eroded faster in the slop tray, so the canyon took less time to form.
300
A network of horizontal and vertical lines that form squares is called a __________________.
What is a grid?
300
A _______________________ is a color shape or texture used to represent something else on a map.
What is a symbol?
300
One of the first things to form in the stream table was a _______________, a V shaped valley.
What is a canyon?
300
A ___________________ is an embankment along a stream that protects land from flooding.
What is a levee?
300
What differences did you observe in the landforms when the slope increased?
What is canyons were deeper; deltas were larger and longer. Water flowing through the channels with steep slopes caused more erosion.
400
______________________ are eroded earth materials that have been deposited.
What are sediments?
400
A ____________________ is the limit or border of an area or region?
What is a boundary?
400
Sometimes a channel will _____________ which means to curve or loop.
What is a meander?
400
A ________________ is a construction or wall across a river that holds back the water flowing through the river, creating a reservoir or lake.
What is a dam?
400
What might happen in the Grand Canyon when there is a flash flood?
What is more erosion might occur. The canyon might become deeper.
500
A ___________________ is something built by people, like a building.
What is a structure?
500
A person who makes maps is called a ____________________.
What is a cartographer?
500
The sand and clay that was carried through a canyon formed a fan shaped deposit of earth material at the mouth of the channel called a ______________.
What is a delta?
500
A _________________ is the area around a river that is covered by water flowing over the riverbank during a flood.
What is a flood plain?
500
What are the different ways we control the flow of water in a river or stream?
What is build dams, levees, and new channels.
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