REPRODUCIBLE MASTERS
RM 2-2: WORDS TO KNOW AND STUDENT JOURNAL
Student: _________________________________
Date: ___________________________________
For Words to Know on text page 38
Complete the following sentences by writing in a word or phrase from the following list:
region
landform region
clay belts
escarpment
topographic
contour line
military grid
ratio scale
contour interval
plateaus
satellite images
outcrops
1. A map that shows contour lines is called a _______________________ map.
2. An __________________ forms when softer rock is rapidly eroded, leaving a ridge of resistant rock.
3. Arctic regions are stony and have little vegetation and many ______________ of bare rock.
4. One way of finding exact locations on a map is to use the _______________________________.
5. Pictures taken from outer space are called _______________________________________.
6. Regions that are high, but relatively flat, are called ___________________.
7. The bottoms of glacial lakes form regions known as ______________________.
8. The difference in elevation from one contour line to the next on a topographic map is called the
___________________________.
9. The Ottawa ____________________ has certain characteristics that set it apart from other regions in
southern Ontario.
10. To find the actual distance between two points on a map, use a ________________________ to
measure and calculate the distance.
11. What _____________________________ do you live in?
12. On a topographic map, when points with the same elevation are joined, a _____________________
is formed.
Journal Questions
• What Is a Landform Region?: Describe the landform region where you live.
• The Canadian Shield: Why would you like (or not like) to live in the Canadian Shield?
• The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands: Why would you like (or not like) to live in the Great
Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands?
• The Appalachians: Why would you like (or not like) to live in the Appalachians?
• The Interior Plains: Why would you like (or not like) to live in the Interior Plains?
• The Western Cordillera: Why would you like (or not like) to live in the Western Cordillera?
• The Innuitians and The Arctic: Why would you like (or not like) to live in the Arctic?
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