What are the four main types of landforms?

Understanding Landforms and Tectonics

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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Hard
Faye Mellenthin
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mountains
Hills
Plateaus
Plains
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How much of the Earth’s land area is covered by plains?
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of landform makes up roughly 50% of Canada’s land mass? How is this landform typically formed?
The Canadian Shield makes up roughly 50% on Canada’s land mass
Formed through processes of plate tectonics, erosion, and glaciation
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Why are valleys important regions for civilizations around the world?
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Explain the difference in the two ways valleys are shaped.
Take the form of a “U” or “V” in their shape
Rivers and streams make the sharpest primary cuts (V)
Glaciers melting create a U-shaped valley
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30 sec • 1 pt
Describe the theory of continental drift. What was the main problem with the scientists' initial hypothesis related to this theory?
Continental Drift-theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other
Originally thought that the rotation of the Earth caused the continents to shift towards and apart from each other
The continents are moving…but not in this way!
This theory is replaced by the understanding of plate tectonics
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Explain the theory of plate tectonics.
Plate tectonics-the theory that Earth’s surface is made up of rigid plates that are pushed by forces inside the planet
The plates are always moving and interacting with one another
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