Map Earths Features

What is a landform?

• a large landmass

• shows elevation of an area using lines

• a physical feature on the earth's surface

• very large pieces of the earth's crust

What is a topographic map?

• shows elevation

• an opening in the earth's surface where gas and rock are forced out

• a sudden movement of the earth's crust

• a large landmass

What is a plate?

• a large landmass

• how far something is north or south of the equator

• an opening in the earth's crust where melted rock and gas are forced out

• a very large piece of the earth's crust

What is an earthquake?

• a sudden movement of the earth's crust

• a very large piece of the earth's crust

• used to describe how far north or south a place is from the equator

• a large landmass

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What is a volcano?

• a very large piece of the earth's crust

• a sudden movement of the earth's surface

• a large landmass

• an opening in the earth's surface where melted rock or gases are forced out

Complete the sentence by matching the parts of each true statement. Volcanoes can for on ______

• the ocean floor or land.

• plate movement.

• glaciers and icebergs

• state boundaries.

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Complete the sentence by matching the part of each true statement. Volcanoes are caused by _____.

• the ocean floor or land.

• plate mvoement.

• glaciers and icebergs.

• state boundaries.

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Plateaus, valleys, canyons, and mountains are all examples of _____.

• highlands

• mantle areas

• landforms

• hydrosphere

A close-up look at Earth shows you many natural features on the surface. These features are called ____.

• mountains

• topographical land

• landforms

• landscape

What patterns are there in the locations of volcanoes and mountains? What causes these patterns?

• Volcanoes occur between continents and oceans.

• Mountain chains form near the edges of continents.

• These locations represent plate boundaries.

• Volcanoes and mountains area result of the movement of Earth's plates.

• All of the above.

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