Earth Internal Structure, Energy And tectonics

Question 1

What is landscape?

Answer 1

Surface configuration of crust, composed of individual landforms, dynamic and largely determined by variations in rock type.

Question 2

What are the two systems that impact landforms?

Answer 2

Endogenic system and exogenic system.

Question 3

How are new landforms created?

Answer 3

By the endogenic system via volcanic and tectonic activity.

Question 4

What processes degrade and destroy existing landforms?

Answer 4

Weathering, mass wasting, erosion, and deposition.

Question 5

What types of activities contribute to exogenic processes?

Answer 5

Fluvial, glacial, eolian, and wave activity.

Question 6

Fill in the blank: New landforms are created by the _______ system via volcanic and tectonic activity.

Answer 6

[endogenic]

Question 7

True or False: The exogenic system creates new landforms.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

List the processes that are part of the exogenic system.

Answer 8

• Weathering
• Mass wasting
• Erosion
• Deposition