Download Landforms Vocabulary

Vocabulary:
1. Landforms - a physical feature on Earth's surface
2. Relief Map - a map that shows the elevation of an area of Earth's surface using colors or
shading
3. Topographic Map - a map that shows the elevation of an area of Earth's surface using contour
lines
4. Atmosphere - the layers of gases that surround Earth
5. Hydrosphere - Earth's water, whether found on continents or in oceans, including the fresh
water in ice, lakes, rivers, and underground
6. Crust - the rocky surface that makes up the top of the lithosphere and includes the continents
and the ocean floor
7. Mantle - a nearly melted layer of hot rock below Earth's crust
8. Outer Core - a liquid layer of iron and nickel below Earth's mantle
9. Inner Core - a solid layer of iron and nickel inside Earth