GEOMORPHIC BASICS
What is a landform?
A natural feature on Earth’s surface.
What breaks rock down in place?
Weathering.
What is a hill made of sand called?
Sand dune.
What is Earth’s outer layer called?
Crust.
What do convergent plates do?
Move towards each other.
What is a geomorphic process?
A natural process that shapes landforms.
What moves broken rock or soil?
Erosion
What is a deep valley with steep sides?
Canyon.
What are huge moving pieces of crust
called?
Tectonic plates.
What do divergent plates do?
Move away from each other.
Where do exogenic processes occur?
At Earth’s surface.
What drops or leaves sediment behind?
Deposition
What is land surrounded by water on 3
sides?
Peninsula.
Which plate is Australia on?
Indo-Australian Plate.
What do transform plates do?
Slide past each other.
Where do endogenic processes begin?
Inside Earth.
Which process can build sand dunes?
Deposition
What landform forms at a river mouth from
sediment?
Delta.
How many major plates are listed in the
lesson?
Seven.
What can transform boundaries cause?
Earthquakes and faults.
Is volcanic activity endogenic or exogenic?
Endogenic.
Name the three exogenic processes
studied.
Weathering, erosion and deposition.
Name a landform shaped by weathering
and erosion.
Cliff, canyon, cave, valley or river.
What is folding?
Rocks bend when squeezed without
breaking.
What is faulting?
Rocks crack and move under pressure.