Earth's Features and History Vocabulary Test

This means parallel to Earth's surface.

• horizontal

• vertical

• potential

• outcome

A symbol is ________________.

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

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

• a four-pointed symbol that shows which directions are north, east, south, and west on a map

• A deep, narrow area surrounded by mountains

A legend is _________________.

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

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

• a four-pointed symbol that shows which directions are north, east, south, and west on a map

• A deep, narrow area surrounded by mountains

What is a compass rose?

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

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

• a four-pointed symbol that shows which directions are north, east, south, and west on a map

• A deep, narrow area surrounded by mountains

What is a canyon?

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

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

• a four-pointed symbol that shows which directions are north, east, south, and west on a map

• A deep, narrow area surrounded by mountains

What is a butte?

• A steep hill with a small, flat top

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

• a four-pointed symbol that shows which directions are north, east, south, and west on a map

• A deep, narrow area surrounded by mountains

A type of rock made from molten lava

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• fossil

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

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that wears away or breaks down rock

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2