Lesson 9 - Unit 1 - book 6 - Shaping the landscape 1

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Plates change the landscape... But what else can break rocks down?

Unit 1 - Book 6 - Restless Earth

Today's Lesson 

To do:

- Homework

- Changing the landscape

- Video 

- Disc. Q. 

Goals: 

- You know the three layers of the Earth 
- You know what happens when plates move.

- You know the different names 

facts about earthquakes and volcanoes

What are the names of the plate movements?

Divergent means a plate is....

Moving towards another plate

Moving away from another plate

Sliding past another plate

Convergent means a plate is....

Moving towards another plate

Moving away from another plate

Sliding past another plate

Remember: plate tectonics 

Note: Erosion

Erosion: Erosie (uitschuring / afbraak)
The slow breaking down of the landscape
due to wind, water, ice or natural forces.

Wind, water, ice or natural forces move.
The landscape breaks down 
because of this. 

Types of erosion

Water erosion: 
The power of the waves or the strength of the 
water pushes against the soil / rocks. 

Sand and other rocks
in the water break 
down the landscape.

Note: Types of erosion

Wind erosion: 

The wind blows the sand over the 
landscape. 

--> Abrasion = Afschuren 
The rock slowly gets smaller

Homework

1. Keywords page 4 

2. Disc. Questions page 4 

Read page 4 too!