Landforms
The Spheres
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Pros & Cons
Topographic Maps
100
a landform with high elevation and high relief
What is a mountain?
100
earth’s solid, rocky outer layer
What is the lithosphere?
100
See Picture 1
What is a globe?
100
This is the disadvantage of using a globe.
What is it is too small?
100
The change in elevation between one contour line and the next on a topographic map.
What is the contour interval?
200
a landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief
What is a plain?
200
the mixture of gasses that surround the planet
What is the atmosphere?
200
See Picture 2
What is a planar (polar) projection map?
200
These are the latitudes that conic projection maps are mostly used to show.
What are the middle latitudes?
200
The darker contour lines on a topographic map.
What are index lines?
300
a landform that has high elevation and more or less level surface
What is a plateau?
300
earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers, and ice
What is the hydrosphere?
300
See picture 3
What is a mercator projection map?
300
This is the type of map that is good for plotting air or ocean voyages.
What is a planar (polar) map?
300
What the number on a contour line shows.
What is elevation?
400
a group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, and age
What is a mountain range?
400
all living things
What is the biosphere?
400
See picture 4
What is an equal area projection map?
400
The disadvantage of this type of map is that the landmasses near the edges appear stretched or curved.
What is an equal area projection map?
400
This is the way to tell where land has a steeper slope on a topographic map.
What is the contour lines are closer together?
500
a large area of land where topography is similar
What is a landform region?
500
This is the one sphere (out of the 4 spheres) that we are studying when we use any of the models of earth.
What is the lithosphere?
500
see picture 5
What is a conic projection map?
500
This is the type of map on which lines of longitude are parallel.
What is a mercator projection map?
500
This is calculated by subtracting the highest elevation minus the lowest elevation.
What is the relief?
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