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WORLD GEOGRAPHY TODAY
 Red Flag Questions
Pages 63-69
CHAPTER 4: LANDFORMS, WATER, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
SECTION 1: Landforms
By the end of this section, you will be able to answer these questions:
1. What physical processes inside the Earth build up the land?
2. What physical processes on Earth’s surface wear down the land?
3. How do these physical processes interact to create landforms?
FORCES BELOW EARTH’S SURFACE
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What is geology?
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core
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Describe the inner and the outer layers of the core.
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mantle
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crust
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What is magma and where does it erupt from?
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lava
Internal Forces
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plate tectonics
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continental drift
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Where is the crust subject to stresses like melting, bending, and breaking?
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What happens in the middle of these areas?
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What forms long rows and signals that a plate boundary is near?
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What causes an earthquake?
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Pangaea
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Gondwana and Laurasia
Plate Movement
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What three movements at plate boundaries are possible?
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Where are nearly all spreading plate boundaries found?
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What is an oceanic ridge?
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Where are some of the world’s highest peaks found?
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rift valleys
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abyssal plains
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continental shelves
When Plates Collide
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What is the plate boundary called in which one ocean plate slides beneath another?
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trench
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folds
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faults
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What happens when two continental plates collide?
Plates Moving Laterally
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What happens when plates move laterally past each other?
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What is an example of a fault that occurs on land?
FORCES ON EARTH’S SURFACE
Weathering and Erosion
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weathering
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What processes can cause weathering?
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sediment
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erosion
Water, Waves, and Wind
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What is the most important force of erosion?
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How do rainfall and waves erode land?
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In what two ways does wind work?
The Power of Ice
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glaciers
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What causes the edges of ice sheets to push outward?
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Describe the effects of a glacier flowing downhill.
SHAPES ON THE LAND
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What are the three ways in which landforms are created?
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plateau
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What is the final stage of a landscape wearing smooth?
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What is a floodplain?
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alluvial fan
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delta