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World Geography 3202
Unit 1 - List of Topics Covered
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Introduction to topography and where mountains form (Ex. Along plate boundaries.)
Inner earth, the different layers & their composition.
Introduction to continental drift theory (Wegener)
Evidence supporting Wegener’s theory & the flaw in his theory.
J. Tuzo Wilson’s (A Canadian) contribution to the theory.
Plate tectonics and different types of plates (continental, oceanic) and plate boundaries
(divergent, convergent, transform)
Plate tectonics…what causes tectonic plates to move??????? (Hint: convection currents of
magma..why?)
Tensional forces and divergent boundaries and land forms that result (ridge zones, sea floor
spreading, normal fault, block mountains, rift valleys
Compressional forces and convergent boundaries and land forms that result (subduction
zones, trenches, fold mountains, reverse faults
Transform boundaries (slides side by side) Earth quake regions etc..
Folding, compression, anticline, syncline etc.
Fault mountains: normal, reverse, block, rift valley, overthrust faults etc..
Volcanoes: how formed and different type and their characteristics.
Denudation; the breaking down and wearing away of the land…weathering & erosion.
Physical Weathering (frost fracture, thermal expansion, plant action and exfoliation) Versus
Chemical Weathering (Oxidation, Hydrolysis, Solution/Dissolution)
Factors that accelerate physical (wet and cold) and chemical weathering (water).
Stages in the life cycle of a river (graphics and descriptions) as well as terms such as oxbow
lake, meander etc.
Delta: Various types of deltas (arcuate, digitate, estuarine)
Glaciers: Alpine versus Continental, features or landforms associated with each type,
diagrams and descriptions.
Continental: outwash plain, erratic, esker, drumlin etc.
Alpine: cirque, hanging valley, arête, lateral moraine, fiords
Features that can be used to determine the direction of movement of a glacier (terminal
moraine, drumlin).
Coastal/Wave erosion…emergent coastline versus submergent coastline
Features of a submergent coastline: bay bar, bay beach, spit
Erosion / Straightening out of a submergent coastline: longshore drift!
Features of an emergent coastline: sea cave, sea arch, sea stack..
Erosion / Straightening out of an emergent coastline: wave refraction, hyaulic action
Other terms associated with these coastal landforms: headland
Case Studies: How people can adapt to different landforms, how different landforms affect
what people do, where they live etc…
Hazard Analysis Model used to look at situations and events from a variety of perspectives..