5.1 and 5.2 Topographic Maps Review

hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations

• continental drift

• plate tectonic

• theory

• slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief

• topography

• geographic infromation ssytem

• continental drift

• theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

process by which Earth's lithosphere pulls apart to form long, narrow, faulted rift valleys

• deformation

• slope

• relief

• rifting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

supercontinent

• continental drift

• pangea

• theory

• asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a map that shows the surface features of Earth

• topography

• topographic map

• contour line

• slope

plates that are sliding pass each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

large sheets of ice

• mid ocean ridge

• theory

• subduction

• glacier

theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces of tectonic plates

• continental drift

• plate tectonic

• theory

• rifting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle. Location of the tectonic plates!

• core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data

• rifting

• theory

• GIS

• topography