Exploring Earth’s surface

Question 1

What is Topography?

Answer 1

Is the shape of the land.

Question 2

What are the elements of the Shape?

Answer 2

-Elevation
-Relief
-Landforms

Question 3

What is Elevation?

Answer 3

Is the height above sea level

Question 4

What is Relief?

Answer 4

Is the diffference in elevetion between the highest and lowest parts of an area.

Question 5

What is Landforms?

Answer 5

Is a large area of land were the topography is similiar.

Question 6

What are the types of landforms?

Answer 6

-Plains
-Mountains
-Plateaus

Question 7

What is a plain?

Answer 7

Is a flat surface.

Question 8

What is a mountain?

Answer 8

Is a landform with high elevation and high relief.

Question 9

What is a mountain range?

Answer 9

Is a gruop of mountains that are related in shape, structure and age.

Question 10

What is a plateaus?

Answer 10

Is a landform with high elevation but on top is smooth.

Question 11

What are the Earth four spheres?

Answer 11

• The lithospehere
• The atmosphere
• THe hydrosphere
• The biosphere

Question 12

What is the rocy outer layer?

Answer 12

The lithospehere

Question 13

Earth oceans, lakes, rivers, and ice form the

Answer 13

Hydrosphere

Question 14

All living things form the

Answer 14

Biosphere

Question 15

The mixture of gases that surrouns the planet.

Answer 15

The atmosphere

Question 16

What are the main layer that forms Earth structure?

Answer 16

Core, mantle, crust, and the lithosphere.

Question 17

What three factors determine the topography of a region?

Answer 17

The topography of an are is determined by the areas elevation, relief and ladforms.