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Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms. What forms landforms? There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... 1.Converge 2.Diverge 3.Subduction.

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1 Processes that FORM and SHAPE Landforms

2 What forms landforms? There are 4 ways tectonic plates move to form landforms... 1.Converge 2.Diverge 3.Subduction 4.Fold Tectonic Plates! Where are tectonic plates found? -INSIDE the earth -UNDERGROUND -INTERNAL

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5 Divergence

6 What’s happening to the Red Sea?

7 Subduction

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9 Fold http://www.estium- concept.com/en/computer_graphics- geology_MajTectMvt.htm

10 What shapes landforms? Weathering and Erosion! Where does weathering and erosion occur? ABOVE ground On the land EXTERNAL

11 What does weathering mean? Weathering breaks landforms down… 1. Mechanical/Physical:

12 Weathering breaks landforms down…

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16 Weathering 2. Chemical

17 Erosion What does erosion mean? Carries away parts of the landform!

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