Types of Landforms
A large, flat to gently rolling region
What is a plain
Molten rock flowing from a volano?
What is lava?
True
What is a landform?
Natural features that make up Earth's surface
What is erosion?
The wearing away of Earth's surface by wind, water, or glacial action
What is a plateau
Release of energy through Earth's crust due to changes taking place beneath it
What is earthquake?
When plates move along their boundaries, this can create mountains and sometimes earthquakes
Yes!
The outer, solid layer of Earth made up of moving plates is...
What is the lithosphere?
How many types of erosion are there? Name them.
Water, Ice, Wind
The base rock of an ancient mountain region that has been worn away, leaving a flat, rocky landform region
What is a shield
A huge wave, sometimes caused by an earthquake
What is a tsunami?
A place where two plates of the lithosphere move away from each other?
What are divergent boundaries?
The soft, weak layer under the lithosphere upon which the tectonic plates move is the..?
What is the asthenosphere?
What are the two ways in which weathering takes place?
Physical Action and Chemical Action
An area of low land between areas of high land, often with a river or stream flowing through.
What is a valley?
What is Plate Tectonics?
A place where two plates of the lithosphere come together?
What are convergent boundaries?
Movement along which type of boundary could result in a mountain or new rock being created over a long period of time?
Convergent Boundaries
What is the difference between Physical Action and Chemical Action?
Physical: the wind and water disintegrate the rocks
Chemical: Acids in water dissolve the rock into particles
Huge layers of rock forming peaks.
What is a mountain?
A circular motion created when warmer material rises and draws down cooler material, which replaces it.
What is convection flow?
A place where side-by-side plates grind past each other?
What are transform boundaries?
Movement along which type of boundary could result in an earthquake?
Transform
Movement along which type of boundary could result in a volcano?
Convergent Boundaries - create a trench underwater through which magma can burst through