How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms?

What is geomorphology?

• The study of landforms and their significance

• The study of weather patterns

• The study of plate tectonics

• The study of ocean currents

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What are endogenic processes?

• Forces that originate from within the Earth

• Forces that originate from the atmosphere

• Forces that originate from the ocean

• Forces that originate from outer space

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What is faulting?

• The process of rocks bending under pressure

• The process of rocks breaking or fracturing

• The process of rocks eroding over time

• The process of rocks being uplifted

What is the East African Rift system?

• A system of fault-block mountain ranges

• A system of fold belts

• A system of volcanic landscapes

• A system of subduction zones

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What is orogenesis?

• The process of rock weathering and erosion

• The process of mountain building

• The process of volcanic activity

• The process of plate tectonics

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What is erosion?

• The process of rocks breaking or fracturing

• The process of rocks bending under pressure

• The process of rocks being uplifted

• The process of rocks being worn away by water or wind

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What is Uluru?

• A volcanic mountain in Russia

• A fold belt in France and Switzerland

• An inselberg in Australia's Outback

• A fault-block mountain range in the US

What is the main player in exogenic processes?

• The hydrological cycle

• The tectonic cycle

• The rock cycle

• The atmospheric cycle

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What is weathering?

• The process of rocks breaking or fracturing

• The process of rocks bending under pressure

• The process of rocks being uplifted

• The process of rocks decaying and disintegrating

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What influences how landforms and landscapes look?

• The resistance of rocks to weathering and erosion

• The intensity of volcanic activity

• The speed of plate tectonics

• The depth of oceanic trenches

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