Georgia's Landforms
How Humans Change Landforms
Landform Changes
How Movements of Earth's Crust Change Landforms
Landform Vocabulary
100
Valley and Ridge Region, Blue Ridge Region, Piedmont Region, and Coastal Plains Region
What are the four regions of Georgia?
100
A scientist that studies earthquakes.
What is a seismologist?
100
This causes a river bank to change.
What is water erosion?
100
The layer on the Earth's crust that contains areas on which plates float?
What is mantle?
100
Surface landforms of an area.
What is topography?
200
The world's largest granite monolith with relief carving of Confederate soldiers.
What is Stone Mountain?
200
A barrier across a river that holds back its waters during times when heavy rains cause the river's level to rise.
What is a dam?
200
Because they have this, wind and water can move sediment.
What is energy?
200
The cause of earthquake and volcanic eruptions.
What is plate movement?
200
A hill of sand made and shaped by wind and weathering.
What is a sand dune?
300
The region that has the biggest cities and is famous for its red clay.
What is the piedmont region?
300
Flood control dams, flood control levees, and allowing rivers to reclaim floodplains.
What are 3 methods of flood control?
300
An area of new land formed at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300
Long time erosion from rivers picking up sediment and carrying it downstream.
What is how a canyon is formed?
300
The process of wearing away rocks by natural means.
What is weathering?
400
The region that covers most of Georgia. Because it is very flat it is good for farming.
What is the Coastal Plain region?
400
A landform change most easily controlled by humans.
What is beach erosion?
400
A large hole formed when the roof of a cave collapses.
What is a sinkhole?
400
This is how a chain of volcanoes are formed.
What is movement over a hot spot?
400
The process of moving sediment by wind, moving water, or ice.
What is erosion?
500
Measuring about 4,700 feet above sea level, it is the highest point in Georgia.
What is Brasstown Bald?
500
A network of satellites and ground receivers that determines the position of anything on the Earth's surface.
What is a GPS?
500
Two ways plants affect the Earth's landforms.
What is by breaking down rocks into smaller pieces and preserving landforms by preventing wind and water erosion, such as a sand dune?
500
This is what happens when plates are pushed together.
What is how are mountains formed?
500
A wall-like structure that sticks out into the ocean.
What is a jetty?
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