PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
& LANDFORMS
Utah Studies
Hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Equator
Hydrologic Cycle
• Circulation of water between the atmosphere, oceans, and earth
Precipitation
Evaporation
Land &
Oceans
Landforms
• Turn to pg 2 in textbook titled “Landforms”
• Look at the list of landforms given. Write 3 down that you know
• Write down 2 that you do NOT know
Internal Forces (Inside)
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Plate Tectonics: giant plates that move across the surface of the earth
As they bump, push, grind, split it causes landforms to be created
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Kilauea VolcanoHawaii
• One of world’s
most active
volcanoes
Haiti Earthquake
• 316,000 killed
Laupahoehoe Harbor, HawaiiTsunami
• April 1946
• 159 died (21 kids, 3 teachers)
• 200 ft of ocean floor exposed
External Forces (Outside)
• Weathering: rocks breaks apart
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Done by: water, plants, animals
• Erosion: the broken rocks are moved around
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Done by: rain, rivers, glaciers, wind
Human Impact
• Pollution mixes with rain to create acid rain which ruins landforms
• Overgrazing and deforestation
• Digging, mining, etc.
Vocab Words
Add the following words to your vocab sheet (DUE NEXT TIME)
• Landform/ Topography
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Internal Forces
• External Forces
• Physiographic Regions