Maps
Earth's Features
Weathering
Rocks
Vocabulary
100
This map shows streets and roadways, what kind of map is it?
Street Map
100
What is this landform called?
Delta
100
What kind of weathering happens when rain mixes with pollutants and changes the face of a rock?
Chemical Weathering
100
What is rock formed from particles in the environment that settles to form layers
Sedimentary Rock
100
This shows the directions on a map (N, S, E, W)
Compass Rose
200
This map shows the different high and low points in the land. What kind of map is it?
A Physical Map or a Topographical Map
200
What are 3 ways the Earth's plates can move?
Up, Down, or Sideways
200
What kind of weathering happens when water freezes and expands and cracks the surface of a rock?
Physical Weathering
200
What is rock that is formed from heat or pressure or both
Metamorphic Rock
200
This landform is a deep area surrounded by tall mountains.
What is a valley or a canyon
300
This map shows names of countries and states, what kind of map is it?
Political Map
300
This is the name for the plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean. There are lots of volcanoes and earthquakes there.
The Ring of Fire
300
This is a picture of what kind of weathering?
Chemical
300
What is rock formed from molten rock or magma?
Igneous Rock
300
The process that wears away or breaks down rock?
Weathering
400
This map shows resources available in different areas, what kind of map is it?
Resource Map
400
Earthquakes and Volcanoes usually happen along these lines.
Fault Lines
400
This is a picture of what kind of weathering?
Physical
400
If we start with Igneous Rock, describe the rock cycle
Igneous rock breaks down. The particles form Sedimentary Rock. With pressure and heat this rock becomes Metamorphic Rock. When Metamorphic Rock melts and then cools, it becomes Igneous Rock.
400
The process in which weathered particles are removed from the land
Erosion
500
This map shows places people might like to see and how to get there. What kind of map is it?
Local Attractions Map
500
What is this landform called?
A Plateau or a Butte
500
When glaciers grind away rock as they glide over it, this is what kind of weathering?
Physical Weathering
500
Are Crystals a Rock or a Mineral?
Mineral
500
This is a long, sunken area on the ocean's floor
What is a trench