Maps 5th grade science
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Model | A representation of an object or process |
| Boundary | The limit or border of an area or region |
| Structure | Something built by people |
| Map | Drawing of an area, usually as though you were looking straight down at it. Shows features of the earth as seen from above. |
| Cartographer | Person who makes maps |
| Grid | Network of vertical and horizontal lines that form squares. Identifies position of features |
| Symbol | A color, shape, or texture, used to represent something else on a map. Such as a building, road, or landform. Symbols are found in the key. |
| Key | An explanation of symbols used on a map |
| Drainage Basin | A system of rivers and streams that drains an area like the Colorado Plateau |
| Erosion | Wears away earth materials by water, wind, or ice |
| Land Form | A shape or feature of the earth surface like a delta or canyon. |
| Canyon | A V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream. |
| Delta | A fan shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream. |
| Plateau | A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounded area. |
| Deposition | The process by which earth materials settle out in another place. |
| Sediments | Eroded earth materials that have been deposited |
| Basin | A low area in which sediments are often deposited |
| Channel | The course or path water takes in a stream or river |
| Meander | A curve or loop in a channel |
| More on Erosion | -Earth materials eroded by rivers are deposited as sediments -Heavier earth materials like sand are deposited before lighter earth materials like clay -Water in a river follows the lowest channel -The Colorado river may have eroded the earth materials that make up the Colorado plateau |
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