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Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms
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What forms landforms? There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... 1.Converge 2.Diverge 3.Subduction 4.Fold Tectonic Plates! Where are tectonic plates found? -INSIDE the earth -UNDERGROUND -INTERNAL
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Converge
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Divergence
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What’s happening to the Red Sea?
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Subduction
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Fold http://www.estium- concept.com/en/computer_graphics- geology_MajTectMvt.htm
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What shapes landforms? Weathering and Erosion! Where does weathering and erosion occur? ABOVE ground On the land EXTERNAL
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What does weathering mean? Weathering breaks landforms down… 1. Mechanical/Physical:
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Weathering breaks landforms down…
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Weathering 2. Chemical
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Erosion What does erosion mean? Carries away parts of the landform!
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