Transcript We are about to begin our Geography Unit on Landforms with a

Geography Key Words
We are about to begin our Geography Unit on Landforms
with a quick refresher on your mapping skills. To do this we
are going to revisit some key terminology from Year 7.
TASK
STEP ONE
Go to the next slide and read the definitions of the 10
Key terms relating to Maps
STEP TWO: MATCH
Match the key words and their definitions with the images provided.
STEP THREE: REMEMBER
To make sure that you have understood the key definitions, complete
the sentence writing task on the final slide.
STEP FOUR
When you have completed all the tasks on the presentation, ask your
teacher to check your work. When completed, submit your work into
your teacher's SUBMIT folder. When doing so save your work as a PDF
file and remember to rename your work so that your teacher can easily
identify it.
KEY TERMS and DEFINITIONS
Geomorphology refers to the study of landforms and the processes that shaped
them. The word means, 'a knowledge of the shape of the earth '.
A part of an island or continent that borders an
ocean is known as the coast or a coastal region.
Inland refers to a part of a continent or country that
is not near the coast or border
The position or direction in which something lies. Represented
using cardinal points: North, East, South, West is known as the
orientation.
Erosion is the process that breaks things down. In the context of
Geography, it is the break down of the land arounds us
Backwash refers to the movement of water from a broken wave
as it runs down a beach. returning to the ocean
Natural features of the landscape including valleys,
mountains and hills are also known as landforms.
Vegetation refers to plant life of a particular region
Fauna refers to Animal life of a given place or time
Tic Tac Know
Demonstrate your understanding of the key words.
Create sentences using some of the words you have just learned.
Choose any row of words from the grid below, and create a sentence for each combination. You must use the three (3) key words in your
sentence(s). You can make the sentences as long as you like and you can change the structure of the key word to best fit your sentence,
see the example below.
Type your sentences in this box
Geomorphology
Coastal
Erosion
Vegetation
Fauna
Landforms
Backwash
Orientation
Inland
A geomorphologist would notice the change in vegetation as he moves
from coastal Australia to inland Australia. This is because it is her job to
study landforms and the reasons why they are created.