Download - LandscapesLandscapes Landscape can be thought of as nature’s sculpture of Earth’s surface
LandscapesLandscapesLandscape can be thought of as
nature’s sculpture of Earth’s surface.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ-mHwzAyz8&feature=related
IntroductionIntroduction
• Earth’s surface is only 29% land.• Landscapes are the total ways areas look
– Land, Soil, Plants, and Animals.
Patterns of these on Earth affect where people live, how they make a living and where transportation routes are built.
http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Biography-Dr-Iain-Stewart/dp/B0018CWVWE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1298660976&sr=1-1-spell
LandscapesLandscapes
• Single physical features in landscapes that give the land its general shape and look.– Large (Major)– Small (Minor significant details)
• This gives each area of Earth its individual look
LandscapeLandscape
• Caused by natural forces that shape the land on the surface of Earth.
• One force comes from inside the Earth, the other force is on the surface of Earth.
• People that study these forces are called geologists.
Earth’s Structure – 4 PartsEarth’s Structure – 4 Parts• Crust – outer part
– (Oceanic crust) 3 miles thick– (Continental crust) as thick as 22 miles in some
places- Why?
• Mantle – very hot, solid rock (1800 miles)• Outer core – Molten, melted iron and nickel
called magma.• Inner core – Center of the earth (diameter 1510
miles) very hot solid nickel and iron.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY&feature=related
Tectonic MovementTectonic Movement
• Heat (outer & inner core) – Pressure causes crust to rise, fold or break.
• Always moving or shifting is called tectonic activity
• Plates can move as much as ½ inch to 1 inches in a year
The Drifting Continents
The Drifting Continents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34&feature=player_embedded
Tectonic PlatesTectonic Plates
• 14 plates– Seven are major– Largest plate is oceanic crust
• Activity along edges of plates– Slide over, under, against, or away from each
other.– These movements make landforms on the
ocean floor and on continents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCtPofNKQug&NR=1
DIVergent boundary- Plates DIVide or move apart
COnvergent boundary- Plates COme together
Transform boundary- Plates slide past one another
Faults- Fractures in the Earths crust formed where two plates meet and pressure builds up.
The San Andreas Fault runs through California on the West Coast along a Transform Boundary (the plates slide past each other)
Activity along the fault lines
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/earthquake-101.html
Primary Land FormsPrimary Land Forms
• Originally made by tectonic activity• Mountains (4 types)
– Folded – pushing pieces up (Appalachian)– Fault-Block – 2 plates slide past each other causing
creases (faults) earthquakes. (Southern California)– Dome – Crust pushed up by one plate sliding under
another (magma) (Enchanted Rock in Texas)– Volcanic – Plate slides under another- volcanoes may
form (Hawaiian Islands)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPa2fN_1j0M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-W1udb3EM&feature=related
Folded Fault-Block
Dome Volcanic
Tsunami (pron: 'soo-nar-me') is a Japanese word; 'tsu' meaning
harbour and 'nami' meaning wave. The phenomenon usually is
associated with earthquakes, landslides or volcanic eruptions in, or adjacent to oceans and results in sudden movement of the water
column. Until recently tsunami were called tidal waves, even
though the event has nothing to do with tides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AdFjklR50