Topic 4: Earth's Features

1. Pictures, colors, and lines on a map that have a specific meaning.

• legends

• symbol

• map

• markers

An explanation on a map for the meaning of the symbols on the map.

• key

• map

• symbols

• legends

1. A four-pointed symbol that points which directions north, east, south, and west are on a map.

• scale bar
• compass rose
• legend
• map key

1. A deep, narrow area surrounded by mountains. 

• ravine
• canyon

• gorge
• canyon

A steep hill with a small, flat top.

• Butte
• Ridge
• Plateau
• Mesa

1. An area in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.

• Plate boundary
• Subduction zone
• Seismic zone
• Fault

1. A long, narrow, sunken area of the ocean floor.

• canyon
• valley
• gorge
• trench

1. A type of rock made from molten lava. 

• granite
• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

1. A type of rock that formed when particles such as dirt, sand, and fossils, settled into layers and became compressed.

• volcanic

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

1. A type of rock formed when particles of other rocks are combined by great pressure and very high temperatures. 

• metamorphic

• volcanic

• sedimentary

• igneous