Landscapes - Earth Science fully solved graded A+ 2023/2024 passed

Landscapes - Earth Science Landscape - correct answer The shape of land surfaces Landscape type #1 - correct answer Mountains → High elevation, NOT flat, deformed/metamorphic/igneous rocks Landscape type #2 - correct answer Plains → low elevation + flat rocks (usually sedimentary) Landscape type #3 - correct answer Plateaus → high elevation + flat rocks inside Arid climate (DRY) topography - correct answer angular/stair-step Humid climate - correct answer more soil&vegetation- more rounded top Importance of geology - correct answer -resistant layers stick out and make ridges/cliffs -softer layers like shale make slopes or valleys Major drainage patterns - correct answer dendritic, trellis, radial young stream - correct answer Straight channel/fast current- steep slope -V shaped valley mature stream - correct answer meandering channel -deposition on inside of bends & erosion on outside of bends old stream - correct answer VERY meandering channel, gentle gradient, slow current, flood plain, oxbow lakes Braided rivers - correct answer dendritic pattern, gentle slope, lots of sediment Glaciers - correct answer frozen river of ice/huge mass - enough to flow downhill due to gravity continental glaciers - correct answer huge - 100s of km^2/1000s of meters thick mountain glaciers - correct answer much smaller - 10's of km^2 Erosional features - correct answer U-shaped valleys, horns, aretes, cirques, glacial striations depositional features - correct answer till vs outwash, drumlins, eskers, kames, moraines, erratics minerals - correct answer compounds - combinations of 2 or more elements/Most minerals on earth are compounds of Silicates (Si + O) Mineral - 5 part definition - correct answer Solid Inorganic Naturally occurring A fixed Atom arrangement (crystal lattice) definite Chemical Composition Most common mineral - correct answer Quartz Most common family of minerals - correct answer silicates most common group - correct answer feldspars main landscape controls - correct answer climate and geology