landform and formation of landscapes

Question 1

Landform

Answer 1

single unit that forms part of the general topography of earths surface , product of discrete set of processes

Question 2

primary landform

Answer 2

created by tectonic plates movement and resulting in faulting folding nd warping of crust

Question 3

secondary landform

Answer 3

landforms modified by weathering and erosion

Question 4

erosion

Answer 4

occurs due to plates buckle and break

transport of material resulting form weathering and mass movement over potentially large distances

Question 5

aggregation of landforms

Answer 5

product of areal expression of processes, volcanic landscape may consist of cones lava does and lava flows

Question 6

denudation - degradation

Answer 6

processes that wear down landmasses - weathering and slope processes

Question 7

weathering

Answer 7

disintegration or decomposition of rocks without distant removal

Question 8

slope processes

Answer 8

spontaneous movement of material downslope due to gravity

Question 9

degradation landforms

Answer 9

rock sea - rock fragments accumulate near original location

talus cone - rock fragments roll or fall downslope

Question 10

agents of degradations nd erosion

Answer 10

water, ice wind waves and chemical dissolution

Question 11

water

Answer 11

most effective and significant agent of erosion, effectiveness depends unmanly factors including slope, volume of water valley properties

Question 12

glaciers

Answer 12

erode soil scour the surface and valley move deposit debris mountain glaciers widen and deepen valleys

Question 13

wind

Answer 13

much less significant than water , only effective under some conditions , beaches and sandy deserts , abrasion by windburn particles

Question 14

coastal waves

Answer 14

where land and sea contact both water and loose rocks can erode the landscape

Question 15

chemical dissolution

Answer 15

soluble rocks such as limestone dissolve under certain climatic conditions last topography, collapse of these feature = sinkholes

Question 16

aggradational processes

Answer 16

deposition of boded material builds up the landscape and can lower relief , many degradation agents including water and wind have the ability to transport and deposit aggradational landfpr,s