Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why?

Published byDominick Phillip Lambert Modified over 6 years ago

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why?"— Presentation transcript:

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

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

3 Converging of tectonic plates
What makes a MOUNTAIN? Converging of tectonic plates

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

5 Weathering and Erosion
What makes a PLATEAU? Weathering and Erosion

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

7 What makes a RIFT VALLEY?
DIVERGING that effects the lithosphere

Download ppt "Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why?"

Similar presentations

PHYSICAL PROCESSES: How do physical forces affect a region?

PHYSICAL PROCESSES: How do physical forces affect a region?
PHYSICAL PROCESSES: How do physical forces affect a region?

PHYSICAL PROCESSES: How do physical forces affect a region?
Jeopardy Plate tectonics Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200

Jeopardy Plate tectonics Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200
Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms. What forms landforms? There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... 1.Converge 2.Diverge 3.Subduction.

Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms. What forms landforms? There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... 1.Converge 2.Diverge 3.Subduction.
Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why? WG.4B Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development [SUPPORTING.

Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why? WG.4B Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development [SUPPORTING.
Landforms, Water, and Natural Resources

Landforms, Water, and Natural Resources
Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why? WG.4B Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development [SUPPORTING.

Landforms What are the shapes the land takes and why? WG.4B Describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development [SUPPORTING.
Warm Up If you could live on 10 acres of land in any location in the world where would you live? Describe the climate zone, vegetation zone, and landforms.

Warm Up If you could live on 10 acres of land in any location in the world where would you live? Describe the climate zone, vegetation zone, and landforms.
Internal Forces that Shape the Earth (Plate Actions)

Internal Forces that Shape the Earth (Plate Actions)
Plate Boundaries February 21, 2012. Plate Boundaries There are three different plate boundaries: Divergent Boundaries Convergent Boundaries Transform.

Plate Boundaries February 21, Plate Boundaries There are three different plate boundaries: Divergent Boundaries Convergent Boundaries Transform.
How Earth’s Plates Move Plate Tectonics. The Lithosphere The plates of the lithosphere fit together like puzzle pieces and float on the asthenosphere.

How Earth’s Plates Move Plate Tectonics. The Lithosphere The plates of the lithosphere fit together like puzzle pieces and float on the asthenosphere.
Tectonic Plate Boundaries. There are 3 type of Plate Boundaries 1.Convergent (Subduction) 2.Divergent 3.Transform Plate Movement Animation.

Tectonic Plate Boundaries. There are 3 type of Plate Boundaries 1.Convergent (Subduction) 2.Divergent 3.Transform Plate Movement Animation.
How Landforms Are Created

How Landforms Are Created
Plate Boundaries Earth’s crust plus the upper mantle forms the lithosphere. Earth’s lithosphere is broken in a number of different pieces. How these pieces.

Plate Boundaries Earth’s crust plus the upper mantle forms the lithosphere. Earth’s lithosphere is broken in a number of different pieces. How these pieces.
Which plate boundary is represented?. Convergent Boundary.

Which plate boundary is represented?. Convergent Boundary.
The Theory of Plate Tectonics 3.3 notes How plates move  The theory of plate tectonics states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in slow, constant.

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 3.3 notes How plates move  The theory of plate tectonics states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in slow, constant.
Plate Tectonics. Plate tectonics describes the motion of Earth’s plates. Movement of plates can cause earthquakes!

Plate Tectonics. Plate tectonics describes the motion of Earth’s plates. Movement of plates can cause earthquakes!
Plate Boundaries Convergent-Divergent-Transform. Convergent Plate Boundaries are regions where two tectonic plates collide due to compressional forces.

Plate Boundaries Convergent-Divergent-Transform. Convergent Plate Boundaries are regions where two tectonic plates collide due to compressional forces.
Plate Tectonics.

Plate Tectonics.
Continental Plates.

Continental Plates.

Similar presentations

Ads by Google