Plate Movement and Landforms

What occurs when ocean plates collide with continental plates?

Which landform is created when tectonic plates separate?

What is the primary process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces?

How does glacial erosion mainly affect the landscape?

What natural process involves the movement of sediment from one location to another?

What geological feature is the San Andreas Fault associated with?

Which of the following is NOT a way weathering can occur?

What causes powerful winds to affect the landscape by moving sediment?

Plate Movement and Landforms

Ocean plates and continental plates can collide, forcing the ocean plate beneath the continental one, causing mountain ranges like the Andes.
Continental plate collisions also create mountains, such as the Himalayas, as plates push together.
Plates separate, creating gaps that allow magma (liquid rock) to rise to the surface, forming mid-ocean ridges (underwater mountains), like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Iceland is an example of a volcanic island formed when the separation of plates creates volcanic activity.
Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes, like the San Andreas Fault in California.
The Ring of Fire is a region with frequent earthquakes and volcanoes, caused by the movement of the Pacific plate.

Processes Shaping Landforms

Weathering: The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces by physical and chemical forces.
- Factors like temperature changes, water, ice, and plant roots can cause weathering.
- The result of weathering are sediments.
Erosion: The movement of sediments from one location to another by wind, water or ice.
- Powerful winds carry sediment, creating sand dunes.
- Water erodes rock and carries sediments downstream
- Glaciers, large sheets of ice, also cause massive erosion.
These processes are constantly shaping and changing Earth's landforms.

This quiz explores the dynamic processes of plate tectonics and their role in shaping various landforms on Earth. Learn about the formation of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity resulting from the movement of oceanic and continental plates. Engage with the essential concepts that explain how weathering further influences these landforms.