Topographic Maps Vocabulary - 8.9C

The steepness or flatness of Earth's Surface

• Topography

• Topographic Map

• Contour Lines

• Contour interval

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A map that shows the surface features of Earth

• Road Map

• Topographic map

• water map

• hybrid map

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A line that connects points of equal elecation on a map

• Contour interval

• Contour legend

• Contour line

• Index Contour

The difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines of a map.

• Relief

• Space in between

• contour line

• contour interval

A darker heaver contour line that is usually every fifth line.

• Contour line

• Index space

• Index contour

• Index card

Breaks down rocks through chemical processes such as dissolving or oxidizing.

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Constantly moving and changing land

• Idle

• Decay

• Transform

• Dynamic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Manmade instruments that are launched into space and that orbit Earth.

• Sattelites

• Moon

• Erosion

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The process by which rocks are broken down by mechanical or chemical means.

• Erosion

• Synthesized weatheing

• Weathering

• Automated weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Changes the shape and size of a rock without changing the rocks chemical composition

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering