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Intro To The 3 Major Landforms: Mr. Garraway Grade 7 Geography

The document introduces the three major landforms: plains, plateaus/uplands/hills, and mountains. Plains are flat low-lying areas, and there are three types - coastal, alluvial, and interior. Plateaus/uplands/hills are flat high-lying areas with steep slopes on one side. Mountains form in four ways - fold mountains from buckled rock layers, fault block mountains from slipped land blocks, intrusive mountains from cooled underground magma, and extrusive mountains from hardened erupted lava. The teacher provides information on each landform and jokes about a quiz being worth half the term mark.

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Intro To The 3 Major Landforms: Mr. Garraway Grade 7 Geography

The document introduces the three major landforms: plains, plateaus/uplands/hills, and mountains. Plains are flat low-lying areas, and there are three types - coastal, alluvial, and interior. Plateaus/uplands/hills are flat high-lying areas with steep slopes on one side. Mountains form in four ways - fold mountains from buckled rock layers, fault block mountains from slipped land blocks, intrusive mountains from cooled underground magma, and extrusive mountains from hardened erupted lava. The teacher provides information on each landform and jokes about a quiz being worth half the term mark.

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INTRO TO THE 3 MAJOR

LANDFORMS

Mr. Garraway
Grade 7 Geography
Plains
 A flat area on Earth’s
surface
 Usually low elevation
> 300m above sea
level
 Three types
 Coastal
 Alluvial
 Interior
Coastal Plains
 Along the coast
or near the
ocean
 Continental
shelf uplifts or
sea levels lower
causing land to
rise
 Elevation is
usually 100m
above sea level
Alluvial Plains
 Where water/rivers run
 River slows down,
leaving sediments on
the river’s edge (builds
up slowly)
 Elevation is 100-300m
above sea level
The Nile Delta (view from Space)
Interior Plains

Large
sections of
sedimentary
rock slowly
uplifted

Elevation is
normally
600m above
sea level
Interior Plains
Plateaus, Uplands and Hills
 A flat area higher than
the land around it.
 A “table-like” surface
 There is a steep slope on
one side
 Created by the uplifting
of ancient sea beds or
lava flows
 2000-5000m in
elevation
Mountains
 Areas of moderate to
steep slopes which
meet to form ridges
and peaks (4 different
types)
Fold Mountains

 Rocks that buckle to form fold mountains are made up of


layers of sedimentary and igneous rocks.
 When layers are folded, the rocks on the outside of a fold are
stretched and the rocks on the inside of a fold are squashed.
 The folding also makes the layers of rock slide over each other
(See module)
Fault Block Mountains
Two plates build up pressure along a parallel crack (fault).
•

Extreme pressure causes large blocks of land to slip and uplift (see
•

Module)
Intrusive Mountain

•Molten
magma does
not reach the
surface of the
earth.
•It hardens
causing
overlaying
rock to buckle
or bulge

Elevation
•

1000-2000m
Extrusive Mountains

Molten
magma flows
onto the
earth’s surface

Lava erupts

Lava hardens
and forms
mountains

Elevation >
2000m
QUIZ TIME!
Take out a pencil and paper as this will be worth
50% of your term mark
Just kidding…
•Early April Fool’s Joke
•Homework:

• Complete the chart using the fact-


sheets and information you’ve
gleaned from this presentation

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