Maps & Data
What are small pictures, letters, lines or colors that appear on a map?
symbols
Name one way plates can move at plate boundaries.
collide, spread apart, dive underneath, or grind past
__________ rocks form when molten rock cools and hardens.
Igneous
What process wears away or breaks down rock?
What is sediment?
weathered particles of rock, such as, sand, pebbles, dirt
What map tool tells what the map symbols stand for?
legend (or key)
What is a fault?
a crack in Earth's crust
__________ rock form when heat and pressure inside the Earth changes the rock into a new rock.
Metamorphic
As particles of rock are moved by water, wind, and ice, they settle in new locations. What is this process called?
deposition
diamond
What map tool shows the directions north, south, east, and west?
compass rose
Name one result of plates moving at plate boundaries.
earthquakes, mountains, or volcanoes
__________ rock forms when particles of rock - sand, pebbles, dirt - settle in layers and get cemented together over time.
Sedimentary
________ is the process in which weathered particles are moved by rivers, streams, rain, and wind.
erosion
An igneous rock becomes a __________ rock when it is broken down into particles by weathering, which are moved by erosion and then settle in new places.
sedimentary
What map tool shows the distance a map covers?
map scale
Where is a common place on Earth that you would find volcanoes?
The Ring of Fire
Over millions of years, rocks continually change from one type of rock into another type of rock. What is this process called?
The Rock Cycle
Name the process that causes this:
A boulder splits in half due to rainwater entering its cracks, and then freezing.
weathering
shape, color, texture, luster, cleavage, streak, or hardness
What type of map shows an area's natural features, such as, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, and bays - usually by using different colors?
a physical map
What is the Ring of Fire?
a section of Earth where volcanoes and earthquakes are common, which is the plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean
______ and _______ can change a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock.
heat and pressure
Name the process that causes this:
A river slows down and sediment is dropped to form a river delta.
deposition
Name the softest mineral.
talc