Models
Stream Tables
Flow
Mountain
Landforms
100
Representation of an object or process.
What is a model?
100
Wears away Earth materials by water, wind, and ice.
What is erosion?
100
The angle or slant of a stream channel or land surface.
What is a slope?
100
A line on a topo map that connects points of equal elevation.
What is a contour line?
100
High, uplifted area with steep slopes.
What is a mountain?
200
The limit or border of an area or region.
What is a boundary?
200
The process by which eroded Earth materials settle out in another place.
What is deposition?
200
A very heavy flow of water.
What is a flood?
200
The difference in elevation between contour lines.
What is a contour interval?
200
A V-shaped valley eroded by a river.
What is a canyon?
300
Something built by people like a building.
What is a structure?
300
Eroded Earth materials that have been deposited.
What are sediments?
300
Rises and falls rapidly with little or no advance warning.
What is a flash flood?
300
Vertical distance or height above sea level.
What is elevation?
300
Nearly level area that is uplifted.
What is a plateau?
400
A drawing of an area from above.
What is a map?
400
The course or path that water takes in a stream or river.
What is a channel?
400
A construction or wall across a river that holds back the water, creating a reservoir.
What is a dam?
400
The highest point of a mountain.
What is a peak?
400
A mound, hill, or ridge of windblown sand.
What is a dune?
500
A network of vertical and horizontal lines that form squares.
What is a grid?
500
A curve or loop in a channel.
What is a meander?
500
The area around a river that is covered by water flowing over a riverbank during a flood.
What is a floodplain?
500
Uses contour lines to show the shape and elevation of the land's surface.
What is a topographic map?
500
Gently sloping shore next to a body of water, washed by waves or tides.
What is a beach?
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