Landforms
Which landform is surrounded by water on all sides but one?
Peninsula
This landform is characterized by very low precipitation
Desert
What type of plate boundary has tectonic plates that slide past each other creating earthquakes
Transform boundary
What's one real-life example of a transform plate boundary?
San Andreas Fault (California)
What is weathering?
The breaking down of rock through natural processes
Which landform brings magma to the surface turning it into lava?
Volcano
This landform can be created in a variety of ways, including by breaking off a larger piece of land.
Island
Diverging boundary
When two continental plates converge, what landform is created?
Mountains
What is erosion?
The movement of weathered rock particles across the Earth
Plains
This landform is created when magma pushes upwards on the Earth's crust, but doesn't break through
Plateau
The Earth's tectonic plates sit on top of this layer of the Earth's mantle
Asthenosphere
This type of plate boundary caused the continents to move away from each other
Divergent boundary
What are the three types of erosion?
Wind, Water, Ice
This landform is made from ancient mountains weathered and eroded over millions of years
This landform is created by running water moving from higher to lower areas.
Valley
Subduction occurs when an ocean plate and a continental plate converge together. What is the result of this happening?
Volcanoes on the continental plate and earthquakes as the plates rub together
Creation of the Himalayans in Asia
Volcanoes on the coast of Chile
What type or types of erosion creates sandy beaches?
Wind and water
This landform is where freshwater and saltwater meet. It is often triangular.
Delta
This landform is created by two continental plates converging
Mountain
What actually causes the continents to move across the Earth?
Convection flow - Heat rising from the Earth's core, then falling as it gets further away from the core, creating a cycle.
What's one real-life example of a diverging plate boundary?
Mid-Atlantic Plate (separated South America and Africa)
What type of erosion created the Fjords of Norway?
Ice erosion during the Ice Age