Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms
What forms landforms?
There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms...1. Converge2. Diverge3. Subduction4. Fold
Tectonic Plates!
Where are tectonic plates found?
-INSIDE the earth-UNDERGROUND-INTERNAL
Converge
Converge
Divergence
What’s happening to the Red Sea?
Subduction
Subduction
Fold
http://www.estium-concept.com/en/computer_graphics-geology_MajTectMvt.htm
What shapes landforms?
Weathering and Erosion!
Where does weathering and erosion occur?
ABOVE groundOn the landEXTERNAL
What does weathering mean?
Weathering breaks landforms down…1. Mechanical/Physical:
Weathering breaks landforms down…
Weathering breaks landforms down…
Weathering
2. Chemical
Erosion• What does erosion mean?Carries away parts of the landform!
