Pattern's of Earth's Features Vocabulary

One of the seven large land masses on Earth.

• boundary

• continent

• mountain

• trench

An opening in Earth's surface where lava or rock comes out.

• mountain range

• elevation

• volcano

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The outer border of a shape or area.

• feature

• boundary

• pattern

• elevation

The height of a landform above Earth's surface.

• pattern

• mountain

• topographic map

• elevation

A type of hole in the ground or ocean floor that is usually long and narrow.

• trench

• ocean

• boundary

• feature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An important part or characteristic.

• pattern

• continent

• crust

• feature

The outermost layer of the Earth that is made of tectonic plates and is the thinnest.

• mantle

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

Large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth.

• mountain range

• ocean

• trench

• boundary

A map that shows land features and elevations on a flat piece of paper.

• topographic map

• mountain range map

• physical map

• landform map

An area of land that is much higher than the land around it.

• mountain range

• volcano

• mountain

• crust