Large area of flat land that rises above the land around it.
What is a plateau?
100
The largest region in the U.S comprise this landform.
What is a plain?
200
The thickest layer of the Earth's four layers
What is the mantle?
200
The height above sea level.
What is elevation?
200
Refer to drawing B.
What is a fault block mountain?
200
Landform that is usually lower than the ground around it.
What is a plain?
200
Molten lava pushes up and bulges the crust to form this type of mountain.
What is a dome mountain?
300
The Earth's layer that is made up of hot liquid metal.
What is the outer core?
300
Large puzzle-like sections that make up the Earth's surface.
What are plates?
300
Refer to drawing C.
What is dome mountain?
300
Type of landform with high elevation and high relief.
What is a mountain?
300
A building on the map measures 3 cm and has an actual height of 30 meters. Another building on the map measures 2.5 cm and has an actual height of 25 meters. This would be the most reasonable scale for this map.
What is 1 cm = 10 m?
400
Of the Earth's two types of crust, this crust is thinner.
What is the oceanic crust?
400
A way of showing the the size of one object in proportion to another.
What is a scale?
400
A mountain formed from the plates colliding and rocks crumble up.
What is a fold mountain?
400
Predominant landform in NH.
What are mountains?
400
You would fly in this direction (NE, NW, SE, or SW) to get from New Hampshire to Egypt.
What is southeast?
500
Extreme pressure causes this layer to be solid.
What is the inner core?
500
Variations in land surface elevation
What is relief?
500
Type of mountain that occurs when the Earth's crust cracks and sections of rock move up.
What is a fault block mountain?
500
Type of elevation that has high elevation but low relief.
What is a plateau?
500
Oldest mountain chain in North America. They sweep from Newfoundland, Canada to Alabama.