Introduction and Definitions

Question 1

(1) How does the US geological survey define tectonic processes?

Answer 1

Structural forces affecting the deformation, uplift and movement of the earth’s crust.

Question 2

(2) How does national geographic define landscape?

Answer 2

Part of the earth’s surface that can be viewed at one time from one place - consists of geographic features that mark or are characteristic of a particular area

Question 3

(3) what do tectonic processes include?

Answer 3

Volcanic and seismic activity

Question 4

(3) What is vulcanicity?

Answer 4

Includes all the processes by which solid, liquid or gaseous materials are forced into earth’s crust or ejected onto surface

Question 5

(3) what is seismic activity?

Answer 5

Sudden release of energy in earth’s crust or upper mantle - usually caused by movement along a fault plane or volcanic activity resulting in the generation of seismic waves

Question 6

(4) volcanic eruption produce lava which……

Answer 6

Cools to form extrusive igneous rock.

The lava type and nature of the explosion will have a large impact on the type of landscape formed.

Question 7

(5) however, majority of magma that rises through mantle never reaches surface, what happens instead?

Answer 7

Cools and solidifies within the crust to produce intrusive igneous rock which develops in a variety of shapes and sizes

Question 8

(6) where does seismic activity usually occur and what does it involve?

Answer 8

Tectonic plate boundaries

Huge pressure builds up over time - later released in the form of earthquakes, as well as folding and faulting of the country rock.

Question 9

(7) what will I use in the report?

Answer 9

A variety of locations at different scales to explore how tectonic processes produce a variety of landscapes which evolve over time as the country rock they have formed in is denuded to reveal distinctive landscapes.

Question 10

(8) what does the framework table show?

Answer 10

How I’ll frame my report by contrasting the distinctive landforms that have been shaped by tectonic activity at a variety of locations.

Question 11

(8) what will I explain in the rationale?

Answer 11

Why each case study tells us something different about the interaction between type of tectonic activity and location specific geological factors in determining morphology of the landscape over time.