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CHAP 3-STUDY GUIDE
MAPS-LANDFORMS-WATER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Map | shows places on earth |
| A Map has | Title, Labels, & Keys (Map Key) |
| Map Title | Tells what the map is about |
| Map Label | Names places |
| Map Key | tells what symbols mean |
| What can both be found on a map? | Land and Water |
| One Place water can be found on Earth is | the Ice on top of mountains |
| What is erosion | is when rock, soil, or sand is worn down and moved to another place. |
| Water can | Break rocks into small pieces and carry the pieces away |
| What can water change overtime? | the shape of the landforms like mountains and cliffs |
| What does scale mean? | How big or small something is and how fast or slow something changes |
| Geologists think about what? | Size and Time |
| TO KNOW | small changes that are hard to see can add up to big changes over a long time |
| What do Geologists do? | Use maps to study land changes, Investigate changes over time, and write scientific explanations |
| When studying erosion, scientists may see what? | Many small changes, small changes over a long time, and big changes happening slowly |
| TO KNOW | Sometimes land changes so slowly that people don't even notice. |