Geography stage 3 Flashcards
What are some kinds of landforms?
There are many land forms such as mountains, plateaus, volcanoes, deltas and islands.
The earth is made up of what spheres?
Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Atmosphere.
Why is the geosphere always changing?
Because __________ and _______ are constantly _________ the earth’s surface ________ what it looks like by wind and water.
Because weathering and erosion are constantly reshaping the earth’s surfaces changing what it looks like through wind and water.
What are mountains?
Basically, _________ are just _____ hills with ____ _____ that rise above other ___________ ____________
Basically, mountains are just steep hills with tall peaks that rise above other neighboring surroundings.
How are mountains made?
They are ______ when large ______ of the _______ _______ collide together pushing the land _______.
They are formed when large plates of the earth’s surface collide together pushing the land upwards.
What are plateaus?
Plateaus are ____ landforms that have ____ ____. There are ____ medium _____ ones called _____ and smaller ones ______.
Plateaus are tall landforms that have flat tops. There are also medium sized ones called Mesas and smaller ones Buttes.
How are plateaus made?
They are ____ by _____ trying to push through the _______ _______ just ending up ______ the ground ____ a bit .
They are made by magma trying to push through the earth’s surface just ending up making the ground rise a bit.
What are volcanoes?
Volcanos are basically _________ that have a ___ of _____ inside them ___ the ___ from the _____ ____.
Volcanos are basically mountains that have a lot of magma inside them all the way from the outer core.
How are volcanoes made?
It is made by _____ pushing through the _______ _____, when it’s ready to _____ the _____ inside comes ______ out called ____. Which is just _____ outside of the _______.
It is made by magma pushing through the earth’s crust, when it’s ready to erupt the magma inside comes flying out called lava. Which is just magma outside of the volcano.
What are deltas?
Deltas are basically ________ that travel with ____ and other ______ up _____ to the _____ or ___ of rivers.
Deltas are basically pathways that travel with dirt and other washed up debris to the mouth or end of rivers.
How are deltas made?
They’re ____ when the ____ or ______ get carried ____ with it __________ or build up to ____ a piece of ____.
They’re made when the dirt or debris get carried away with it accumulate or build up to form a piece of land.
What are islands?
Islands ___ like ______ but _________ because if the piece of ____ is _______ by _____ on all _____ it’s an island.
Islands are like Deltas but different because if the piece of land is covered by water on all sides it’s an island.
How are islands made?
The ___ ways that _______ can be ____ are: Either from ______ lava from __________ volcanoes or like _____ when a whole _____ of ____ or ____ come together from ____ currents.
The two ways that islands can be made are: Either from cooled lava from underwater volcanoes or like Deltas when a whole bunch of dirt or sand come together from ocean currents.
