Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why? WG.4B Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development [SUPPORTING STANDARD]
Dec 31, 2015
Landforms What are the shapes the land
takes and why?
WG.4B Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development
[SUPPORTING STANDARD]
Which words are you familiar with, and which do you not yet know? Copy and
define.
Mountains Rift Valleys Erosion
Tectonic Forces
Delta Plateau
Weathering Landform Strait
Mountain – natural elevation of the earth’s surface with steep sides and greater height than a hill.Rift Valleys – tectonic plates pull away from each other causing the land (valley) in between to sink to a lower elevation than that of the other two plates.Erosion – material is removed by wind, water, ice, or gravity.Tectonic Forces – divergent, convergent (collision and subduction), and transformDelta – a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a riverPlateau – a broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land.Weathering – physical and chemical processes that change the characteristics of rock on or near the earth’s surface.Landform – naturally formed features of the surface of the earth.Strait – a narrow channel connecting tow larger bodies of water.
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Let’s see what we know…
Which of the following is NOT a landform caused by climate patterns of South America?F Andes MountainsG Atacama DesertH Amazon RainforestJ Argentine Pampas
As a river reaches its mouth, it is often affected by incoming tides, resulting in a landform called a _______?A sourceB atollC deltaD current
Let’s see what we know…
Some spreading plate boundaries lie under continents. In these places, the crust stretches until it breaks forming _________, mainly found in ___________.A abyssal plains, East AsiaB rift valleys, West AfricaC abyssal plains, West AsiaD rift valleys, East Africa
Which physical process is responsible for the creation of rift valleys in SubSaharan Africa?
F erosion
G weathering
H tectonic forces
J volcanic activity