Landscapes and Landforms

Built, Riverine, and Coastal are types of

• Landscapes

• Landforms

Karst, Mountain, and Desert are types of

• Landforms

• Landscapes

Landscapes...

• are part of the Earth’s surface

• consist of geographical features that are a characteristic of an area and can be natural or human

• are locations created by human experiences

• are created and shaped by geographical forces of nature such as: tectonic plate movement, erosion and mass movement

Landforms...

• are natural geographical features or shapes that appear on the Earth’s surface

• consist of geographical features that are a characteristic of an area and can be natural or human

• are locations created by human experiences

• are created and shaped by geographical forces of nature such as: tectonic plate movement, erosion and mass movement

Places...

• are natural geographical features or shapes that appear on the Earth’s surface

• Landscapes are part of the Earth’s surface.

• are locations created by human experiences

• include: mountains, rivers, hills, ridges, valleys, stacks, beaches, headlands, flood plains, riverbeds, oasis’, caves, grassland plains, stalactite, springs, wetlands and billabongs.

A vertical colum of rock is known as a

• Mountain

• Karst

• Stack

• Inselberg

A low area enclosed by mountains is known as a

• billabong

• oasis

• floodplain

• valley

A stalactite...

• hangs from the ceiling

• builds up from the ground

The plates that form the Earth's crust are known as what?

When two tectonic plates move apart, it creates mountains.

• True

• False