LANDFORMS

• Landforms

  • Natural features of Earth
  • Formed through the movement of the plates
  • formed through the action of the transporting agents
• Destructive Process

  • Weathering
  • Erosion
• earths surface is the result of both destructive and constructive process
• constructive process

  • plate tectonic processes
  • volcanic eruption
• mountain - highest region of deformed and disturbed rocks
• in mountains, folding and faulting occur when stress exerted upon rocks
• mountain ranges

  • elevated surface
  • serves as the wall of the island of luzon protecting typhoons
• sierra madre - longest mountain in the philippines
• volcano

  • lava - hot molten rock that has erupted into earths crust
  • tephra - airbone matter from volcanic eruption
• TEPHRA:

  1. bombs
  2. blocks
  3. lapili
  4. ash
• name the parts of the volcano.

  A) reservoir

  B) crater

  C) ash cloud

  D) vent

  E) sill

  F) conduit

  G) lava flow

  
• Hills

  • elevated landform that is generally lower and less steep than a mountain
  • small & flat
• hills can be formed through deposition and erosion
• valleys - low-lying area of land between mountains or hills
• wetlands - soil is usually low in oxygen because the soil is tightly packed and soaked with water.
• plains

  • broad, vast flat lands
  • usually grassy areas with few trees