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The shape of the land determined by elevation, relief, and landforms.
Topography
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The height above sea level of a point on Earth's surface
Elevation
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The difference between the highest and lowest parts of an area
Relief
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A feature of topography, such as a hill or Valley, formed by the processes that shape Earth's surface.
Landform
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A landform made up of nearly flat or gently rolling land with low relief.
Plains
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A landform with high elevation and high relief.
Mountain
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A group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, and age.
Mountain range
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A landform that has high elevation and more or less surface.
Plateau
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What are two types of plains in the United States?
- Coastal plain
- Interior plain
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What are the three main types of landforms?
Plains, mountains, plateaus
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Name two coastal Plains
Atlantic coastal plain, Gulf coastal plain
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Areas once covered by the oceans
Coastal Plains
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What is the nickname of the interior plains?
The Great Plains
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Name two interior plains
The breadbasket, tornado alley
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What area does the interior or Great Plains cover?
The majority of the United States
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What are the four types of mountains?
Folded mountains, Fault block mountains,Up warped mountains, Volcanic mountains
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Give an example of a volcanic mountain
Mount Saint Helens
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Give an example of a folded mountain In North America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, Antarctica.
- North America – Rockies, Appalachian
- Asia – Himalayan
- Africa – Atlas
- Australia – great dividing Range
- Europe – Alps, Ural, Pyrenees
- Antarctica –Transantarctic Mountains
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Give an example of fault block mountains
The Sierra in Nevada and the Grand Tetons
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Give an example of up warped mountains
The Black Hills
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How are folded mountains formed
By the folding of rock layers by compressed forces
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How are fault block mountains formed
by earthquake faults
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How are up warped mountains formed
Forces inside the earth push up and bend the plates.
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A flat model of all or part of Earth's surface from above
Map
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Lines that run north to south and measure the distance east to west
Longitude
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Lines that run east to west and measure north and south
Latitude
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What are the four types of map projection?
Mercator projection, equal area projection, conic projection, polar projection
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Framework of lines that help in transferring points on Earth's three-dimensional surface onto a flat map.
Map projection
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A line halfway between the north and south poles that forms an imaginary line that circles the Earth.
Equator
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One half of the sphere that makes up the Earth's surface
Hemisphere
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An imaginary line that makes a half circle from the north pole to the South Pole
Prime Meridian
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A map showing the surface features of an area
Topographic map
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Map makers use what to represent elevation, relief, and slope on topographic maps?
Contour lines
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The change in elevation from contour line to contour line
Contour interval
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What is labeled with the elevation in around units such as 1600 or 2000 feet above sea level?
Index contours
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To read a topographic map, you must familiarize yourself with what?
The maps scale and symbols and interpret the maps contour lines
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What line is used to show areas below sea level
Hatcher line
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A unit used to measure distances around a circle
Degree
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A list of symbols used on a map
Key
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On the map, pictures used by mapmakers to stand for features on Earth's surface
Symbol
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Used to compare distance on a map or globe to distance on Earth's surface
Scale
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A sphere that represents Earth's entire surface
Globe
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The process of gathering data for a map by using instruments and the principle of geometry to determine distance and elevations
Surveying
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Converting information to numbers for use by a computer
Digitizing
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Pictures of the land surface based on computer data collected from satellites.
Satellite images
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Tiny dots on a satellite image
Pixels
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A method of finding latitude and longitude using a network of satellites.
Global positioning system
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I landform that has high elevation but I'm mostly flat surface
Plateau
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The equator divides Earth into two equal halves called what?
Hemispheres
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