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Chapter 2-1
Shapes on the Earth’s surface
landforms
The shape, height, and arrangement
Of landforms in a particular place.
Topography
Describes how Earth’s surface is
formed and how it changes.
plate tectonics
Mountain ranges are formed when
tectonic plates collide
When two plates move apart, what may
Be created by the emerging hot lava?
Mountain ranges
Melted rock from deep in the Earth
lava
Earth’s plates can shift in which ways?
sliding, moving apart, and colliding.
Weathering is caused by
chemicals in plants, freezes and
thaws, and water dissolving minerals.
The process of breaking down rock
by wind, water, and ice
weathering
The most influential force in the
erosion and shaping of land is
flowing water
Large, slow rivers of ice that can
move tons of rock
glaciers
On steep hillsides, farmers often
create horizontal ridges like steps,
called
tarraces