ES04A Quiz - Earth’s Features

The height of a mountain can be told by measuring the height above ________ ________ .
1. flat land
2. mountain top
3. ocean bottom
4. sea level
Mountains, rivers, lakes and volcanoes are all examples of Earth’s ____________ .
1. water sources
2. flatlands
3. errors
4. features
A _________________ map will show the elevation of landforms – even underwater!
1. topographic
2. reaction
3. geopolitical
4. country
Water and ______ can change features on land and the ocean floor.
1. gravity
2. color
3. vapor
4. smell
Earth's surface features are ________ by water and gravity.
1. colored
2. maintained
3. strong
4. changed
Moving water is a constructive ____________ that creates land.
1. destruction
2. force
3. depression
4. formula
Rivers and streams are either ________ or destructive forces in shaping land.
1. restructive
2. constructive
3. instructive
4. bestrictive
The continental ________ is from 100 – 200 Km from the shore,
1. shelf
2. river
3. map
4. floor
On a ___________ map, a contour line shows the elevation of features.
1. continental
2. topographic
3. political
4. creative
The contour ________ is the distance between the contour lines.
1. interval
2. gap
3. line
4. "V"
Each contour ________ shows the same elevation.
1. line
2. map
3. interval
4. depression
Contour lines that seem to ________ show areas that are very steep.
1. slope
2. "V"
3. depression
4. touch
Contour lines that make closed ________ are either a hill or a mountain.
1. "V"s
2. loops
3. openings
4. intervals
Valleys or _____________ are shown as a V shaped line pointing up hill.
1. streams
2. depressions
3. mountains
4. canyons
A ___________ on a topographic map has hachure marks that point downhill.
1. mountain
2. depression
3. "V"
4. hill

ES04A Quiz - Earth’s Features

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