Transcript Landforms

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By Mrs. Shook
Types of
Landforms
Water Cycle
Changing
Landforms
Other Landform
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What is a beach?
This landform is a gently sloping
shore washed by waves.
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What is precipitation?
Water that returns to the Earth
in the form of rain, sleet, hail
or snow.
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What is weathering?
Breaking rocks into smaller
pieces over a long period
of time.
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What is channel?
The path a river or stream
takes.
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What is a canyon?
A v-shaped valley eroded by
a river.
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What is evaporation?
Water changes from a
liquid to a gas.
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What is erosion?
The picking up and carrying
away of weathered rocks.
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What is a meander?
A bend or S-shape in a
river.
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What is a dune?
A mound or hill of wind
blown sand.
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What is condensation?
Water changing from a gas to
a liquid.
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What is deposition?
Dropping off of eroded
material.
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What is a tributary?
A small feeder stream that
starts high in the mountains.
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What is a mountain?
High uplifted area with steep
slopes.
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What is run off?
Precipitation that flows across
the land’s surface & flows into
rivers or streams.
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What is a delta?
As water is deposited at the
mouth of a river, this landform
is created.
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What is a topographic map?
A hiker would use this map
because is used lines to show
elevation and the shape of
the land.
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What is a plain?
Nearly level area of land that
has been eroded or where
material has been deposited.
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What is a flood plain?
Too much precipitation can
cause areas around a river
to become covered with water.
This landform is created.
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What is sediment?
These materials are carried
away and deposited by erosion
and deposition.
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What are contour lines?
The lines are on a topographic
map to show elevation and
the shape of the land.
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