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Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms

Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms. What forms landforms?. Tectonic Plates!. Where are tectonic plates found? -INSIDE the earth -UNDERGROUND - INTERNAL. There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... Converge Diverge Subduction Fold. Converge . Converge.

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Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms

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  1. Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms

  2. What forms landforms? Tectonic Plates! Where are tectonic plates found? -INSIDE the earth -UNDERGROUND -INTERNAL There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... • Converge • Diverge • Subduction • Fold

  3. Converge

  4. Converge

  5. Divergence

  6. What’s happening to the Red Sea?

  7. Subduction

  8. Subduction

  9. Fold http://www.estium-concept.com/en/computer_graphics-geology_MajTectMvt.htm

  10. What shapes landforms? Weathering and Erosion! Where does weathering and erosion occur? ABOVE ground On the land EXTERNAL

  11. What does weathering mean? Weathering breaks landforms down… 1. Mechanical/Physical:

  12. Weathering breaks landforms down…

  13. Weathering breaks landforms down…

  14. Weathering 2. Chemical

  15. Erosion • What does erosion mean? Carries away parts of the landform!

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