Lesson 1 Earth’s Landforms
DO NOW- Write a paragraph using the words
below. You may not use your book. (Use at least 5
words) You may use your imaginations! What do you
think these words could mean when thinking about
ways that the earths surface could be changed?
landforms
plate tectonics
continental drift
fault
weathering
erosion
deposition
floodplain
delta
word splash
I was hiking in the Catskill Mountains one
day when a storm broke out. The rain
was coming down so fast and hard that
erosion began on the mountain side. I
wondered if this type of weathering is
what caused this beautiful landform to
have its shape. I think I read somewhere
that mountains were formed by the
movement of the Earth’s
Plates…something called plate tectonics.
After the rain stopped, the floodplains
were flooded so I had to go around them.
Do Now:
Write the Essential Question
• EQ#1 : How do forces of the Earth
cause geographic changes?
• EQ #2: How do humans change
Earth and its environment?
Lesson Vocabulary
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Landforms
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Fault
Delta
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Floodplain
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Landforms- the shapes of land that are
wrinkled, broken, warped and worn that make
studying the earth so interesting.
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Plate Tectonics- the theory that Earth’s surface
is divided into several major, slow moving
plates.
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Continental Drift- The movement of the
continental plates.
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Fault- A crack in the Earth’s crust where a
huge mass of rock, such as a plate is in
motion.
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Delta- A triangle shaped piece of land built
from soil deposited at the mouth of a river.
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Weathering- The process of breaking down
rocks into smaller pieces through heat, water
wind or other means.
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Erosion- The natural process of moving
sediment that helps shape Earth’s surface.
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Deposition- The Process of dropping or
depositing sediment in a new location.
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Floodplain- A landform of level ground made
up from sediment deposited by a river or
stream.
Summarizer
• On the back of your word splash
page, re-write your word splash
(Using the same words you used the
first time) now that you know the
meaning of the words.
Geographic Changes
• Then, take a picture walk through
chapter 1, pages 19-25. Be sure to
read the headings and captions
under the pictures.
• Turn to page 20 in your textbook.
• Together we will listen to pages 20-23.
Do Now 9-21-12
• On the back of your vocabulary sheet (Page
2), write one sentence using each vocabulary
word below. Do not write the definition as
your sentence.
Erosion
Landforms
Fault-
The Five Forces of Geographic
Change
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Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Weathering
Humans
Chapter 1 - Lesson 1- Guided notes
pages 20-26
• A. Earth’s Landforms
• How Landforms Came to Be.
• 1. The theory of plate tectonics states
that the Earth’s surface is made up of
several large slow moving slabs or plates.
• 2. Scientists believe that long ago all of
Earth’s land masses formed one huge
supercontinent known as Pangaea.
• 3. When continental plates move and drift
apart it is called continental drift.
• Extreme heat from the inner core
causes the mantle the create pressure
on the crust, forcing the crust to . As
it rises, it pushes large rocks upward
forming mountains and plateaus.
• Mountains are formed when plates push
together and crumble and fold the
earths crust. Mountains are also formed
when two plates collide and one moves
up and over the other.
• When these plates move and shake, they
may also cause earthquakes. These are
common along faults which are breaks in
the Earth’s crust where movement
occurs.
• 4. Layers of Earth
• The outer layer is the crust.
• Beneath the crust is the Mantle. It
is composed of hot, rock-like
material.
• At the center of the Earth is a metal
core which is solid and called the
inner core.
• Surrounding the inner core is a
molten, or melted outer core.
• Volcanoes Add Land
• Plates push against each other creating
cracks in the crust onto Earth’s surface.
• Heat within the core causes rock in the
lower plate to melt. This molten
(melted) rock is called magma.
• The name for magma that has escaped
to the surface of the Earth is called
lava.
• Shaping Earth’s Surface
• There are several ways that the Earth’s
surface can change. One of the ways is
by weathering which is the process of
breaking up rocks into smaller pieces
called sediment.
Video : Continents Adrift
• On the back of page 3 in your packet, I
want you to write 3 facts about something
you learned in the video or something that
you find very interesting.
Agents of Weathering
• Wind
• Water
• Moving Ice
• Some examples of agents that cause
weathering are:
• Water – moving water tumbles rocks against
each other breaking them into pieces. Ocean
waves wash away sea cliffs turning them into
beach sand.
• Moving ice called glaciers grind the land below
wearing away anything under it.
• Wind – Strong steady wind can grind hard
dessert rock.
• After weathering has broken down rocks into
sediment, erosion and deposition move
sediment to new places.
Weathering Continued
• Erosion is the process of moving
sediment and Deposition is the process
of dropping, or depositing sediment in a
new location.
• People Change the Land
• People turn floodplains and deltas into
farming areas. People have chosen to
build cities on landforms. People have
also reshaped waterways and created
new ones.
Humans
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earth.asf
Essential Questions- Lets Answer
#1 What forces of the Earth causes
geographic changes?
There are many forces that change what the
Earth looks like.
(Explain how each one works.)
#2 How do humans change earth and its
environment?
Hint:What do people do to make the earth
Do Now
• Be prepared for your notebook check and
summarization activity.
Ticket Out the Door
• Name three forces of the Earth that cause
geographic changes. Explain how each
force changes the earth.
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weathering,
Humans, Plate Tectonics