Topographic Maps
Landforms
Weathering and Erosion
Changes to the Earth
Vocabulary
100
What is a topographic map?
A map with curvy lines called contour lines that tell you how tall the mountain is.
100
What is a plain?
A large, flat area of land.
100
Does weathering happen quickly or slowly?
Slowly.
100
True or False: Plant and tree roots don't help keep soil in place.
False.
100
True or False: Three important kinds of landforms are mountains, plains, and plateaus.
True.
200
What are the lines on a topographic map called?
Contour Lines
200
What is a valley?
A low area between mountains or hills.
200
Does electricity help erosion?
No.
200
How does deposition change the earths surface?
It creates new landforms
200
What is a shape on the Earth's surface called?
A landform.
300
What is the space between contour lines called?
Contour interval
300
What landform is part of Massachusetts nickname?
Bay.
300
What is the force that helps with weathering and erosion?
Gravity
300
Traveling through mountains can be dangerous because of __________ _____________.
Falling rocks.
300
What is a glacier?
A huge moving sheet of ice.
400
What does it mean when contour lines are very close together?
The mountain has a steep slope
400
The tallest type of landform is a___________.
Mountain.
400
What is weathering?
The breaking apart and changing of rocks.
400
True or False: Wind fences help to keep the sand on a beach from blowing away.
True.
400
What is deposition?
After erosion when sediment and rocks pile up
500
What does it mean contour lines are far apart?
The mountain has a gradual slope
500
What is a lake?
A large body of water surrounded by land.
500
What is erosion?
The carrying away of weathered rocks or soils by water, wind, or other causes.
500
What are three science processes that change landforms?
Weathering, Erosion and Deposition
500
What is a mountain?
A tall pointed ladform that extends high into the sky.
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