Earths Landforms

What are Landforms

What are Landforms

✦ Landform: A physical feature on Earth Surface

What are Landforms

✦ Landform: A physical feature on Earth Surface

✦ Quiz

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between continents

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between continents

✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between continents

✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent

✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between continents

✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent

✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop

✦ Submarine Canyon is steep sided valley in the continental slope

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between continents

✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent

✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop

✦ Submarine Canyon is steep sided valley in the continental slope

✦ Continental rise found at the end of the continental slope

What are the features of the Ocean Floor

✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between continents

✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent

✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop

✦ Submarine Canyon is steep sided valley in the continental slope

✦ Continental rise found at the end of the continental slope

✦ Abyssal Plain wide flat area

Ocean Floor Continued

continent

continental slope

continental shelf

continental rise

sea mount

mid-ocean

ridge

rift valley

trench

abyssal

plain

Ocean Floor Continued✦ Trenches deepest parts of the ocean floor

continent

continental slope

continental shelf

continental rise

sea mount

mid-ocean

ridge

rift valley

trench

abyssal

plain

Ocean Floor Continued✦ Trenches deepest parts of the ocean floor

✦ Seamount is an underwater mountain

continent

continental slope

continental shelf

continental rise

sea mount

mid-ocean

ridge

rift valley

trench

abyssal

plain

Ocean Floor Continued✦ Trenches deepest parts of the ocean floor

✦ Seamount is an underwater mountain

✦ Mid-ocean ridges underwater mountain ranges

continent

continental slope

continental shelf

continental rise

sea mount

mid-ocean

ridge

rift valley

trench

abyssal

plain

How Earths features mapped

How Earths features mapped

✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of land

How Earths features mapped

✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of land

✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level

How Earths features mapped

✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of land

✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level

✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show elevation

How Earths features mapped

✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of land

✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level

✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show elevation

Topographical Map

How Earths features mapped

✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of land

✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level

✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show elevation

Topographical Map* Uses lines to show elevation

How Earths features mapped

✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of land

✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level

✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show elevation

Topographical Map* Uses lines to show elevation

* Lines are called Contour Lines

What are Earth’s Layers

lower

mantle

outer

core inner

core

upper mantle

crust

atmosphere

What are Earth’s Layers✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth

lower

mantle

outer

core inner

core

upper mantle

crust

atmosphere

What are Earth’s Layers✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth

✦ Hydrosphere: Includes all of the Earth’s liquid and solid wastes on earth

lower

mantle

outer

core inner

core

upper mantle

crust

atmosphere

What are Earth’s Layers✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth

✦ Hydrosphere: Includes all of the Earth’s liquid and solid wastes on earth

✦ Crust: Rocky Layer of the Earth’s Surface

lower

mantle

outer

core inner

core

upper mantle

crust

atmosphere

What are Earth’s Layers✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth

✦ Hydrosphere: Includes all of the Earth’s liquid and solid wastes on earth

✦ Crust: Rocky Layer of the Earth’s Surface

✦ Mantle: Layer of interior rocks

lower

mantle

outer

core inner

core

upper mantle

crust

atmosphere