Flashcards
Shaping the Earth´s relief
Flashcards do conjunto (25)
- 1types of weathering examplesphysical, chemical ,biological
- 2TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM IN WATER
- 3Explain the difference between weathering and erosionWeathering: changes, alteration, rocks,
effects, atmosphere
Erosion: moves, resulting from - 4Name 3 external geological agents and the final shaping of the reliefwater, ice, wind
- 5EXPLAIN THE INFLUENCE OF TYPE OF ROCK
- 6—DIFFERENTIAL EROSION
Cappadocia Turkey
- 7What external geological process does this reef represent?CORAL REEFS
- 8—What type of living thing?
- 9what is the external geological agent?Human action
- 10What type of rock?Granite
- 11Identify these landformsMesa, Buttes
- 12—Fluvial
middle and lower course
- 13Explain why gorges are also known as fitted meandersBecause they meander, but they are surrounded by vertical walls
Gorge of Arbayún (Navarra)
- 14Explain this process in Galician coastThe Galician coast is undergoing a sinking process, the sea invades the riverbed, forming Rias
- 15—This process is called GELIFRACTION: the temperature oscillates above and below the melting point of water
freezing/thaw
- 16Is scree rounded or sharp?the scree ( derrubio) is sharp the ice acts like a file
- 17Explain the difference between the shape of a glacial valley and a river valleyGlacial: U-shaped valley, sediment with
no grain selection, sharp sediments
River: V-shaped valley, sediments with grain selection, rounded sediments. - 18What relation fiords have with glacial shapingFiords are former U-shaped valleys created by glaciers which the ocean invaded it
- 19Explain the process of thermal weathering
- 20What is deflation
- 21What type of desert is it?Reg
- 22—Aeolian abrasion: the impact of the grains against rocky surfaces creates this forms called mushrooms rocks
- 23—Tafoni
- 24What is a loess?Windblown slit that blanket the landscape
- 25Desert dunes erosion
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- Pictures to study the shaping of the relief
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- Consuelo Briceño
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