Grab bag
What is Erosion?
______________ is the transport of weathered material from one location to another.
What is erosion?
Landforms made by deposition are often ______________.
What is flat?
This map feature is used to find locations.
What is latitude and longitude?
__________ are the mechanical and chemical processes that change objects on Earth's surface.
What is weathering?
Rock formations caused by erosion tend to be sharp and _____________.
What is jagged?
Erosion is an example of a _________ force. (Hint breaks down)
____________is the laying down or settling of eroded material.
What is deposition?
What is used to show the relationship between the distance on a map and the actual distance?
What is map scale?
What are lines on a topographic map that connect points of equal elevation?
What are contour lines?
Provide one example of remote sensing.
What is GPS?
The four main agents of erosion are what?
What are gravity, wind, moving water, and glaciers?
True or false: the four agents of deposition are the same as those for erosion.
What is True?
These lines run vertically and measure distance from the Prime Meridian east or west in degrees.
What is lines of longitude?
What is the process of collecting information about an area without coming into physical contact with it?
What is remote sensing?
True or False: A map scale explains all of the symbols used on any type of map.
What is False?
Wind erosion is prevented by doing what? (name one of the two)
What is terraces and planting vegetation?
____________ Deposition can slowly form deserts of sand.
What is wind?
True or False: A cylindrical projection makes land near the poles seem smaller than it actually is.
What is False.
What view is drawn as though you were looking at it from the side?
What is profile view?
Name a map you would use to plan a road trip.
What is a road map?
Liquid water is the (greatest/worst/normal) agent of erosion as oceans, rivers, lakes, etc. carry away bits of soil, sand, and sediment.
What is greatest?
A __________ delta is formed when sediment carried by a river is deposited when it reaches slow-moving water.
What is river?
True or False: Two cities between two meridians that are next to each other in the same time zone.
What is true?
What is a map that shows the detailed shapes of the Earth's surface and show's elevation?
What is topographic map?