Landscapes and Land forms Flashcards

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What type of landscape is this?

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Mountain landscape

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2
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What type of landscape is this?

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Desert landscape

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3
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What type of landscape is this?

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Rainforest landscape

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4
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What type of landscape is this?

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Grassland landscape

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5
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What type of landscape is this?

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Karst Landscape

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6
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What type of landscape is this?

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Coastal landscape

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7
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What is the difference between a landscape and a landform?

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Landforms are individual surface features in a landscape.

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What does B.O.L.T.S.S. stand for.

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Border

Orientation

Legend

Title

Scale

Source

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9
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What is the meaning of geomorphical?

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Things like air, wind, water and living things have shaped the earth over time.

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10
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What is the meaning of Identify?

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It means to name.

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11
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What landform is this?

A

Lagoon Landform

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12
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What do you have to apply do get metamorphic rock?

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Heat and pressure

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13
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What landform is this?

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River Estuary Landform

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14
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What landform is this?

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Headland

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15
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What landform is this

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Butte landscape

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16
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What are the lines of longitude?

17
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What is condensation?

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The process by which water vapor is in the air is changed into liquid water.

18
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What is evaporation?

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The process when the sun heats up oceans lakes and steams to become gasses and rise up in the clouds.

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What is precipitation?

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Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

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What is surface runoff?

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Surface runoff is water, from rain, snow or other sources, that flows over the land surface.

21
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What is ground water?

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The part that continues downward through the soil.

22
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Define wathering

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When rocks are brocken down by wind, water and waves.

23
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Define erosion

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When air, water and wind

24
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Define Deposition

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When eroded rocks are dropped off.

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How do you get sedimentary rock?
Weathering and erosion to get sediments then compaction and compression to get sedimentary rock.
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How do you get igneous rock?
Melting rocks into magma then cool the magma.
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What landforms do you find in a mountain landscape?
Valley, ridge and peak
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What landforms do you find in a Karst landscape?
Cave, stalactite and stalagmite
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What landforms do you find in a Costal landform?
Beach, cliff and stump
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What is area reference?
Four numbers which are used to locate a particular area. E.g 4589
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What is grid reference?
6 numbers which are used as coordinates that show exactly where something is. E.g. 456395
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What is land degrigation?
Land degradation occurs when the biological fertility of land is lost through human activities.
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Give 4 examples of land degrigation.
* Loss of habitats * Loss of Bioversity (less types of plants and animals). * Accelirated soil erosion * Salinity
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What is salinity?
Salinity is the amount of salt thats in a body of water.
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What is accelirated soil erosion?
Loss of soil at a much fater rate than it is formed.
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What are contour lines?
Contours are lines on a map that join points of the same height above sea level.They form patterns that help us imagine exactly what the land looks like.