1. 9/19-20 LANDFORMS & EARTH PROCESSES
NOTES: Earth Physical Processes
Weathering, Erosion, Soil Deposits & Dirt
VID CLIP: The Value of Soil
Tectonic Activity
ACTIVITY: Landform Poster
REVIEW: TEST NEXT CLASS!
GAME: Landform Jingo

2. LANDFORMS & EARTH’S
PHYSICAL PROCESSES

3. WEATHERING, EROSION,
SOIL DEPOSITS & DIRT

4. REVIEW 23) WEATHERING

5. 2) Types of Weathering
A= MECHANICAL = wearing away by wind, water and ice
B= CHEMICAL = disintegration by chemical reactions, such as acid rain

7. REVIEW 24) EROSION

8. *4) Landforms/Effects of EROSION
CAVES
CANYONS
COASTLINES
V-SHAPED VALLEY

9. *5) Landforms/Effects of SOIL DEPOSITS
DELTAS
ALLUVIAL FAN
SAND DUNES
SAND BARS

10. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
6) Give an example of WEATHERING, EROSION & DEPOSITION you’ve seen in our area.
7) Sketch a picture of what’s happening there.

11. VID CLIP: The Value of Soil (5 min)

12. *8) FERTILE SOIL WEATHERED ROCK/SAND
ORGANIC MATTER (DECAYING PLANTS & ANIMALS)
MANURE
BACTERIA & FUNGI
WATER
AIR
Although the MINERAL content of the rock is important, TOP SOIL that is good for farming mostly consists of DECAYING plant matter.

13. TECTONIC SHIFTS

14. Earth’s CRUST & SOLID UPPER MANTLE
LITHOSPHERE
Earth’s CRUST & SOLID UPPER MANTLE

16. The HEATING and COOLING of Earth’s liquid MANTLE is called CONVECTION, and is the main force that causes TECTONIC PLATES to shift and move.

17. COMPREHENSION QUESTION
How does convection help cause the movement of tectonic plates?

18. Do NOT eat your cookie until asked by your teacher to do so

19. Sliding Plate Over Asthenosphere
Carefully without breaking the cookie remove the top cookie.
Then slide this top portion of the cookie over the filling.
Once completed place your cookie on your portion of your napkin marked sliding over asthenosphere.
This represents the movement of a plate sliding over the asthenosphere.
Do NOT eat your cookie until asked by your teacher to do so

20. PLATE TECTONICS
TECTONIC PLATES are roughly 30 enormous pieces of the Earth’s CRUST that FLOAT on the MANTLE

21. CONTINENTAL DRIFT

23. Convergent Plate Boundary
Carefully break the top cookie of your Oreo in half. (Do not break the bottom cookie)
Then bring the broken parts together in the center of the Oreo.
Once completed place your cookie on your portion of your napkin marked divergent boundary.
This represents a convergent boundary.
Do NOT eat your cookie until asked by your teacher to do so

24. 9A) CONVERGENT (ocean/ocean)
Subduction Zones are where ONE PLATE DIVES UNDER ANOTHER under the ocean
VOCANIC ISLANDS are formed
The HAWAIIAN ISLANDS are an example

25. 9B) CONVERGENT (ocean/continent)
Subduction Zones are where ONE PLATE DIVES UNDER ANOTHER near an ocean
VOCANIC MOUNTAIN RANGES form in subduction zones.
The CASCADE MOUNTAINS (in Oregon & Washington) is an example

26. 9C) CONVERGENT (continent/continent)
Convergent Continent Collision RISE when one PLATE COLLIDES with another (with no subduction)
They form “FOLDED” MOUNTAIN RANGES
The HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS are an example

27. Divergent Plate Boundaries
Carefully break the top cookie of your Oreo in half. (Do not break the bottom cookie)
Then pull the two parts of the top cookie apart.
Once completed place your cookie on your portion of your napkin marked divergent boundary.
This represents a divergent boundary.
Do NOT eat your cookie until asked by your teacher to do so

28. 9D) DIVERGENT
When tectonic plates SPREAD APART, it’s called Divergence.
This causes RIFT VALLEYS & OCEAN RIDGES to form.
The GREAT RIFT VALLEY & MARIANAS TRENCH are examples

29. Transform Plate Boundary
Carefully break the top cookie of your Oreo in half. (Do not break the bottom cookie)
Then pull the two parts of the top cookie pass one another, in opposite directions.
Once completed place your cookie on your portion of your napkin marked transform boundary.
Do NOT eat your cookie until asked by your teacher to do so

30. 9E) TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
are where TECTONIC PLATES GRIND past each other - they are the most common places for earthquakes.
They create FAULT LINES .
The SAN ANDREAS FAULT in California is an example

31. NOW eat your cookie, but clean up all the crumbs

32. PAIRS: Landform Posters
Names of Group Members
Name of Landform
Sketch of Landform
Detailed Description in your own words
Explain HOW it’s formed in your own words
Example of where to find that Landform (where to visit one in person)
Be Prepared to give a Mini-Presentation for a
QUIZ GRADE

33. REVIEW TIME Go Through Your Notes Complete Your Review Quiz Yourself
Organize Your Folder/Binder for the Check Worth a TEST Grade
Make-Up Any Missing Assignments

37. VID CLIP: CONSEQUENCES of SUPER VOLCANOES

39. VID CLIP: HOW TSUNAMI WORK

40. TSUNAMI
are a SERIES of enormous WAVES, caused when there’s an EARTHQUAKE under the OCEAN that DISPLACES large amounts of water.
Tsunami cause massive destruction – recent examples include the 2004 Indonesian & 2011 Japanese Tsunami

41. VID CLIP: Dirt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if29mjcd5bc

42. VID CLIP: Why Is Soil So Important?

43. VID CLIP: Lets Talk About Soil (5.5 min)

44. MINING & DRILLING
People DRILL into the LITHOSPHERE for WATER & PETROLEUM (oil & gas) People MINE into the Lithosphere for COAL & MINERALS

45. COMPREHENSION QUESTION
If you took a hardboiled egg and dropped it, you would see its shell split into several pieces.
How would those pieces of eggshell be same as tectonic plate? How would they be different?