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Earth's Surface #1
Vocabulary List Lessons 1 -3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contour lines | lines on a toptgraphic map that indicate areas with the same elevation or height above sea level |
| crust | the thin rocky outer layerof Earth that makes up the continents and the ocean floor |
| topographic map | map that shows the shape surface features and their elevations or heoghts above sea level |
| erosion | destructive force |
| sediment | small pieces of rock |
| weathering | destructive force that breaks down rock into smaller pieces |
| deposition | constructive force in which sediments that have been moved from one place aredropped or released in another place |
| elevation | the height of a landform |