Vocab Words
These are features such as coastlines, dunes, and mountains
Landforms
Name a Destructive Forces
Student Chioce
What is an Aerial Image?
When photographs are taken with a camera mounted to an airplane
or an image of the ground from above
Is a landform with both high elevation and high relief.
Mountain
Birds are a part of which sphere?
Biosphere
Define Topography
The shape of the land
Is weathering Constructive or Destructive Force?
It is a Destructive Forces
GPS stands for what
Global Positioning System
A hill of sand piled up by the wind
Dunes
Water in all its forms is the
Hydrosphere
Define Coastline
The boundary between the land and the Ocean or a Lake
What is a Key phrase when discussing weathering
Break apart or Worn Down
How are Elevation, Relief, and Slope displayed on a Topographical Map?
Using Contour Lines
When sediment builds up where a river flows into an ocean or lake
Delta
Name all 4 Sphere
Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Hydrosphere
Define River
Is a natural stream of water that flows into another body of water such as an ocean, lake, or another river
True or False is a Volcanic Eruption a destructive force?
False, volcanic eruptions can be both Constructive and Destructive.
GIS Maps are used for what?
To analyze geographic data
What are the 3 ways land can be described?
Elevation, Relief, and Landform
The water cycle is a part of what spheres?
Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
A process in which mapmakers determine distances and elevations using instruments and the principles of geometry
Surveying
What is the difference between Erosion and Deposition?
Erosion is when material is worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind and water
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, etc
Are GPS and GIS maps the same?
GPS is mainly for transportation but
GIS maps have many layers which help scientists with city planning and a whole lot more
A landform that has high elevation and low relief?
Plateau
Name one of the Earth's Layers that make up the Geosphere.
Lithosphere and asthenosphere