Earth's Features - Vocabulary

small pictures, letters, lines, or colors that appear on a map

• cities

• symbols

• words

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

tells what map symbols stand for (also called a key)

• symbol

• compass

• legend

shows the directions north (N), east (E), south (S) and west (W)

• words

• lines

• compass rose

a characteristic or part of something

• feature

• legend

• compass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

where the land rises way above all other land

• valley

• mountain

• hill

land below a hill or mountain where a stream will flow through

• valley

• satelite

• rocks

raised land that isn't as high as mountains

• plateau

• hill

• valley

a flat model of the sea or land that shows characteristices (features) of that area

• map

• satelite

• river

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

a map that shows the location of bridges, roads and highways

• local attractions map

• street map

• topographic map

a map that shows that land surface of an area

• Topographic Map

• Road Map

• Local Attraction Map