Coastal Landforms
Mountain Formation
Erosion Processes
Landscapes & Landforms (General)
Random
100
What is the most common depositional landform?
Beaches
100
What do we call the huge pieces of the Earth's crust and top layer that create mountains?
Tectonic Plates
100
What is the process where bits of rock and sand in waves grind down cliff surfaces?
Abrasion
100
What is the definition of a landscape?
All the visible features of an area of land.
100
What is the definition of a riverine landscape?
An ecosystem (all living things including plants and animals) in and around the area of a river or network of rivers
200
Name three coastal landforms created by erosion.
Cliff, Cave, Arch, Stack, Wave-cut platform, Headland
200
Name the three main types of mountains based on their formation.
Fold, Block, Volcanic
200
Name the four processes of coastal erosion.
Hydraulic action, Abrasion, Attrition, and Solution
200
What is the definition of a landform?
A natural geographic feature or shape on the Earth's surface.
200
What are mounds of wind-blown sand, often vegetated, called in coastal landscapes?
Sand dunes
300
What are the two opposing processes that form coastal landscapes? Explain the difference.
Erosion and deposition. Erosion involves the wearing away and removal of land by waves and wind, while deposition occurs when sediment is dropped and accumulated, creating new landforms
300
Name the three main types of mountains based on their formation.
Fold, Block, Volcanic
300
Explain how the process of solution affects coastal erosion.
Acids in seawater dissolve certain types of rock. Limestone and chalk are particularly vulnerable.
300
Give an example of a human (or cultural) landscape.
City, farm (answers may vary)
300
What type of landform is the 12 Apostles?
Stack
400
How is a cliff formed?
Formed when strong waves hit the shore and wear away the rocks over time. As the bottom of the rocks is eroded, the top becomes unstable and eventually breaks off, creating a steep wall.
400
What kind of mountain is this?
Block
400
What erosional process are caves primarily formed through?
Solution (dissolution)
400
How do landscapes and landforms differ?
Landscapes are broader views of an area, while landforms are specific, individual physical features within that landscape.
400
Which layer of the Earth is a hot, dense metallic sphere?
Inner core
500
Explain the difference between swash and backwash and how they relate to constructive and destructive waves.
Swash is the wave breaking onto the beach, and backwash is the water returning to the sea. In constructive waves, swash is greater than backwash, leading to deposition. In destructive waves, backwash is greater than swash, leading to erosion.
500
Describe how fold mountains are formed.
Fold mountains are formed by the collision of two tectonic plates, causing rock layers to compress, buckle, and fold upwards.
500
Describe how hydraulic action contributes to cliff erosion.
Waves force air into cracks and joints in the cliff face. When waves break, this trapped air is compressed, weakening the rock and causing it to break apart.
500
Explain what aesthic, economic, cultural, and spiritual value of landforms means using Uluru as an example.
A sacred inselberg in Australia that valued for its aesthetic beauty, economic impact through tourism, cultural significance to the Anangu people, and spiritual importance in Aboriginal beliefs.
500
What is the name of the layer located directly below the crust and above the outer core?
The Mantle