1-1 What are
Landforms?
What are Landforms?
• Landforms
• Natural physical features
on the Earth’s surface
• Earthquakes
• Shaking of the Earth’s
surface because of
changes below the
surface
• Can trigger landslides,
mudslides and tsunamis
• Can cause fault lines
San Andreas
Fault
Japanese Tsunami 2011
• March 11 2011 massive earthquake off shore Japan
• Caused a tsunami (giant wave) destroyed east coast of Japan
• Pushed water almost 3 miles into the coastline
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWzdgBNfhQU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3618dZoiaPE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5gds-OrQxY
Landforms and
Daily Life
• Shield
• Base of an old
mountain
• Sharp point of the
mountain has
been worn down
over time by
wind, rain and
snow
Landforms and
Daily Life
• Shield
• Sharp point of the
mountain has
been worn down
over time by
wind, rain and
snow
• Now just a flat
area of very hard
old rock
Canadian Shield
Canadian Shield
Landforms and Daily
Life
• Plateaus
• High flat area
• Elevated by
movement of the
Earth’s surface
Landforms and
Daily Life
• Plains
• Large flat area
• Sometimes with rolling hills
• Generally used to grow food
(agriculture)
Mountains
• On every continent on Earth
• Several different types
• Fold Mountains
• Most common form
• Earth’s crust pushes and
pulls until contours or
folds occur
Mountains
• Volcanic Mountains (volcanoes)
• Created by eruptions of lava
• Magma is super-hot molten rock at the center of the Earth
• Once it pushes through a crack it is called lava
• Flows of lava build up on the surface and create mountains called
volcanoes
• i.e Hawaii, Japan, part of Italy
Classwork/Homework
• Look at Edsby in today’s classroom
• Your homework is uploaded in today’s classroom