Landforms What are the shapes the land takes

Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why? Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development WG. 4 B [SUPPORTING STANDARD] YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM

Which words are you familiar with, and which do you not yet know? Mountains Rift Valleys Erosion Tectonic Forces Delta Plateau Weathering Landform Formed

What makes a MOUNTAIN? Converging of tectonic plates

What makes a MOUNTAIN? Continent to Continent Oceanic to Continent Converging of tectonic plates

What makes a PLATEAU? Weathering and Erosion

What makes a TRANSFORM FAULT? Diverging and converging that effects the surface

What makes a RIFT VALLEY? DIVERGING that effects the lithosphere

What makes a CANYON? Weathering and Erosion

What makes a DELTA? Sediment Deposits when river meets ocean, sea, or standing water

Let’s see what we know… Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek? Which of the following is NOT a landform caused by climate patterns of South America? F Andes Mountains G Atacama Desert H Amazon Rainforest J Argentine Pampas As a river reaches its mouth, it is often affected by incoming tides, resulting in a landform called a _______? A source B atoll C delta D current

Let’s see what we know… Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek? Some spreading plate boundaries lie under continents. In these places, the crust stretches until it breaks forming _____, mainly found in ______. A abyssal plains, East Asia B rift valleys, West Africa C abyssal plains, West Asia D rift valleys, East Africa Which physical process is responsible for the creation of rift valleys in Sub. Saharan Africa? F erosion G weathering H tectonic forces J volcanic activity

Talk to each other, and then talk to me… Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development • WG. 4 B • What are the shapes the land takes and why? • Use the word wall words to answer.

Resources • http: //eo. ucar. edu/basics/wx_1_b. html • http: //www. sciencedaily. com/articles/l/lithosph ere. htm • http: //www. physicalgeography. net/fundament als/8 b. html