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Chapter 6
Landforms in Ch. 6, Section 1:
 plains, coastal plains
 plateaus
 mountains (4 types)
Other Landforms on Web Quest / Various Sources:
 islands
caves
 valleys
cliffs
 canyons
mesas, buttes
 geysers
1. The flat land of plains is ideal for _______________.
Plains & Plateaus
2. When plains are found near the ocean, they’re called
____________ _______________.
Look on page 154 in your textbook.
3. A coastal plain is often called a ______________ because it
is lower
elevation than
thein
land
around
it.
Play
“factinfinders”
to fill
these
blanks.
4. Another way to describe elevation is the ____________
above _____ level.
5. You can think of a coastal plain as being the ___________
portion of a continental _________.
6. The continental shelf is a part of a continent that _______
into the ocean.
7. Coastal plains form when sediment____________ on the
ocean floor.
8. Coastal plains, such as the Atlantic Coastal Plain, have low
_______________ hills, swamps and ____________.
Mountains
The highest mountain in the world is Mt.
Everest in the Himalaya. The peak is more
than 8,800 meters above sea level.
There are 4 types of mountains:
1 – folded mountains
2- upwarped mountains
3 – fault-block mountains
4 – volcanic mountains
Examples are the
Rocky Mountains
in Canada & the
Appalachian
Mountains
Folded rock layers
look like a rug
pushed against a
wall.
Remember the
paper with your
hands on the left
and right side.
Folded Mountains
Form when blocks of Earth’s
crust are pushed up by
forces inside Earth
An example is the
Adirondack Mts in New York
& the southern Rocky
mountains in Colorado
Think of these mountains as
the ones with sharp, jagged
peaks.
Upwarped Mountains
Huge, tilted blocks of rock
separate from surrounding
rocks by faults
The faults are like large
cracks or fractures
The Grand Tetons in Wyoming
are an example of fault-block
mountains; also the Sierra
Nevadas in CA
This process of mountain
building produces majestic
peaks & steep slopes
Fault-block Mountains
Begin to form when
molten material reaches
the surface through a
weak area of the crust
Two examples are Mount
St. Helens in Washington
and Mt. Shasta in
California
Volcanic Mountains
Section 1 Vocabulary Words
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plains
plateau
folded mountain
upwarped mountain
fault-block mountain
volcanic mountain
Copy this concept map on PAGE 19 in your Science
journals. Use section 1 of chapter 6 (pages 154-159) to
fill in the missing words.
Web Quest Project
The web quest answer sheet is due
Friday, Sept. 21. The answers can be
found on the following web site:
http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/Landforms.html
Graphics
All images on slides 1-9 are courtesy of
Glencoe Science, Earth Science
textbook
Other Landforms
Geysers
• The most famous geyser in the world is probably Old
Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. It was discovered
in 1870 by the Washburn Expedition, whose members
stumbled upon the geyser during an eruption. One can
imagine what it must have been like for those early
explorers to see Old Faithful in all its glory. Even today,
seeing Old Faithful erupt is an unforgettable experience.
• On average, Old Faithful erupts about every 92 minutes,
and shoots water 135 feet into the air, but has been
known to erupt as high as 190 feet.
Can you classify these landforms?
Canyon
Plateau
Valley