Landscapes and Landforms
A Landscape made by man
Manmade Landscape
Name the layers of the Earth
Core, Mantle, Crust
Name the 3 geomorphic processes
Weathering Erosion and Deposition
Location of the Reef.
The Reef is Northeast of Townsville
3 landforms found in a Mountain landscape.
Valley, Mountain, Hill,
A convergent plate creates this landform
Mountains
This process is caused by wind, rain and sun.
Weathering
Economic vale of the Reef
Tourism
This landscape is more common in QLD than in other parts of Australia
Tropical Rainforests
What does a divergent plate do?
Splits or divides the earth
What process breaks the structure down?
Erosion
Human impacts on the Reef.
Overfishing, Pollution, introduced species, Tourism
Name 2 Manmade Landscapes
City, Industrial, and Mining
Name a famous landform formed by convergent plates in Asia.
Himalaya Mountains
This process takes extra materials away and placed somewhere else
deposition
Natural impacts on the Reef
Coral bleaching, Cyclones, Climate change
Landforms are _______ made
Naturally
What does the transformative plate do?
slips - 2 plates sliding next to each other
Name the 2 types of Weathering
Chemical and Mechanical
Cultural value of the Reef
Used as a food source, sacred ceremonies, dreamtime stories, settlements on the shoreline.