Physical
A characteristic that describes the lands surface.
What is a tectonic plate?
A large chunk or the Earth's crust divided into seven pieces.
What are the two types of plateaus and explain them.
Oceanic Plateaus - found in the ocean caused by volcanic eruptions
Continental Plateaus - on land
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Dissected - from the land pushing up
Volcanic - made from layers of lava building on one another.
What is a plateau?
A plateau is a flat piece of land raised sharply from the Earth's surface.
Why is glaciers melting from global warming a problem?
Causing sea levels to rise and they provide 75% of the Earth's fresh water supply.
Name four types of landforms.
valleys, mountains, hills, oceans, plains
What are three types of tectonic plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent and transform.
What is erosion?
The wearing away of land by forces including wind, water, ice and gravity.
What are causes of weathering?
Freeze-thaw
Crystal formation
Unloading and exfoliating
Thermal expansion and contraction
Abrasion
Biological
Gravitational Impact
What is an invasive species?
It is an organism brought into an area where is does not naturally occur.
What are four processes that affect landforms?
Explain what the three types of plate boundaries do.
Convergent - push together
Divergent - pull apart
Transform - rub against each other
Rainfall, rivers, waves and flooding
What is a glacier?
Huge chunk of ice that moves slowly over land.
Give an example of an invasive species.
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What process has the greatest affect on landforms?
Flowing water
What are three types of volcanoes?
1) Dome, volcanic, and plateau
2) Shield, strato, cinder and massive
What is weathering?
Breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is land reclamation?
The creation of new land.
What are two different types of land reclamation?
Creating land from a waterway and returning old mining areas and landfills to a natural habitat.
What are the four layers of the Earth's crust?
Inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.
What are three ways humans change waterways?
Dams, dykes and levees
In your project, "Human Affects on Habitats", what was your topic, and why is this a problem?
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Name three things you learned from this unit.
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What type of tectonic plate movement causes an earthquake?
Transform boundaries