Earth's Features Topic 2 Vocabulary Grade 4 Pearson

Question 1

shows the directions north (N), south (S), east (E), west (W).

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Compass Rose

Question 2

the process where particles are removed from solids by wind, water, gravity or ice

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erosion

Question 3

a natural resource that only has a limited amount or used up faster than they can be replaced

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nonrenewable resource

Question 4

a natural resource that can be replaced

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renewable resource

Question 5

Small pictures, letters, lines or colors that appear on a map

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symbol

Question 6

to sort by certain features

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characteristic

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something that appears or occurs again and again in the same way

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pattern

Question 8

a single hill that has steep sides and a flat top

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butte

Question 9

tells what map symbols stand for

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legend

Question 10

found in mountain ranges, deep, narrow areas surrounded by a mountain's steep sides

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Canyon

Question 11

observable information that you can use to answer questions

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evidence

Question 12

long, narrow, sunken areas in the ocean floor

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trench

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rocks formed from molten rick, or magma

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igneous rock

Question 14

rocks formed from particles in the environment that settle to form layers

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sedimentary rock

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the process that wears away or breaks down rock

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weathering

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A characteristic or part of something.

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features

Question 17

earthquakes and volcanoes occur along these cracks in Earth's crust

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fault

Question 18

rock formed by heat, pressure or both

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metamorphic rock

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