Landforms
A large hill formed when large pieces of the earth collide and forces the earth upwards
Mountain
This change breaks down material
Weathering
countries closer to this place are warmer
equator and latitude
Name the three major drainage areas in the world.
Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic
Cold and warm seasons
Temperate
A large area of tall land with a mostly flat top
Plateau
This change moves weathered pieces to a new location using natural things like wind, water and ice
Erosion
altitude contributes to changes in climate in this landform
mountains
Use "drainage basin" in a sentence.
- whole area that drains into one river system
very cold and dry year round
polar
A mountain that when erupts allows molten earth "lava" to flow out
Volcano
Name two human changes to landforms
Mining and Land reclamation
the process of destroying a forest for other purposes
deforestation
Which drainage pattern looks more like a tree ? D.... or T....
Dendritic
Brazil, Anguilla, Jamaica
tropical
Land areas where more water evaporates into the air than comes back through precipitation
Desert
What do tectonic forces do ?
- collide, converge, compact
- creates mountains, volcanoes, hills
St Martin, British Colombia, Brazil and Iceland all have their climate moderated by .... since they are not inland areas.
bodies of water
River systems are a network of other streams and lakes that eventually flow into .....
one river.
very hot summers and very hot winters
continental
Explain the purpose of a topographic map and which landform does it help us understand ?
Helps us read elevation - mountains, volcano, hill
This change causes a landform to be covered in ice
glaciation
Wind changes climate by ....
moving between zones that have different air pressures. The temperature changes depending on if hot or cold wind arrives.
Describe a trellis drainage pattern.
Like a shelf
Northern Africa, most of Australia
Dry