Maps & Data
This type of map has contour lines to show elevation.
What is TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP?
Canyons, buttes, and valleys are all types of these.
What are LANDFORMS?
These rocks form when particles in the environment settle to form layers, and over time compacting and cementing turns them to rock.
What are SEDIMENTARY ROCKS?
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition are _________(slow/fast) processes that shape our landforms on Earth.
What are SLOW?
This map tool show the directions North, South, East, and West, and is usually placed on a map with N pointing North.
What is a COMPASS ROSE?
Volcanoes and Earthquakes are generally found in cracks at the edges of Earth's plates which are called_________.
What are FAULTS?
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic rocks can all be changed into this under intense heat and pressure.
What is METAMORPHIC ROCK?
When a glacier is pulled downhill by gravity taking rocks and soil with it, it is called_________.
What is EROSION.
A map tool that tells what the symbols on the map mean.
What is the LEGEND or KEY?
A ________ is something that appears or occurs in the same way again and again.
What is a PATTERN?
Agents such as water, wind, ice, and plants, can reduce large rocks, even mountains into smaller particles called this.
What is SEDIMENT.
This type of weathering can cause rocks to flake or crack due to the force of wind, water, ice, or biological materials
What is PHYSICAL WEATHERING.
A ________ map shows countries, states, and cities.
What is a POLITICAL MAP?
Strong, weak, tough, flimsy, and soft are all words that can describe this property of rocks and minerals.
What is HARDNESS?
This is the area where 90% of Earth's volcanoes occur.
What is THE RING OF FIRE?
This type of weathering can cause the exposed surfaces of rock to become rough or pitted.
What is CHEMICAL WEATHERING?
A _________ shows the distance a map covers, usually in miles or kilometers.
What is a MAP SCALE?
Powder residue (sediment or dust) left behind when a mineral is scraped across a ceramic tile.
What is STREAK?
When Earth's plates move away from each other, they are called _______ plates.
What is DIVERGING?
This material, made up of decayed organic material, is found in soil along with broken down rocks and minerals.
What is HUMUS?
This triangular landform can form where the mouth of a river empties into a slower moving body of water.
What is a DELTA?