A landform with a high elevation and a FLAT surface.
What is plateau?
100
The part of the Earth made up of water.
What is hydrosphere?
100
One half of the Earth.
What is a hemisphere?
100
Connecting points/areas with the same elevation is shown by this.
What is a contour line?
100
Geologists study the forces that have changed Earth's weather, surface, or resources?
What is surface?
200
The part of a map that shows what the symbols on the map stand for.
What is a key?
200
The part of the Earth made of up solid, rocky land.
What is lithosphere?
200
Lines of latitude and parallel to this imaginary line.
What is the equator?
200
Contour lines that are FAR apart show a surface that has a steep or gentle slope?
What is gentle?
200
A landform with nearly flat or gently rolling land.
What is a plain?
300
Different mountain rangers in a region make up this.
What is mountain system?
300
The part of the Earth made up of gases that surround the planet.
What is atmosphere?
300
Line of longitude that makes a half circle from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the prime meridian?
300
To show a steep slope, contour lines need to be _______ together.
What is close?
300
A landform with many contour lines with a relatively small relief.
What is a hill?
400
A landform with high elevation and high relief.
What is a mountain?
400
The part of the Earth made up of living things.
What is biosphere?
400
A sphere that shows what Earth looks like from space.
What is a globe?
400
The change in elevation from one contour line to the next.
What is contour interval?
400
Imaginary, vertical lines on the Earth's surface.
What is longitude?
500
Mountain ranges and mountain systems connected in a long chain form this.
What is a mountain belt?
500
The source of the Earth's energy.
What is the sun?
500
Longitude lines in each hemisphere are numbered 0 degrees to ____ degrees for a total of 360 degrees.
What is 180?
500
The DARK contour lines on a topographic map. They occur about every fifth contour line. They are labeled with ELEVATION in round numbers (100, 200, 1000).