Y8 Geography - Landscapes & Landforms

Revision for upcoming Geography test on Landscapes and Landforms at a Year 8 Extension Level in accordance to the Australian Curriculum

Key Words & Definitions:

Altitude

Height above sea level

Kakadu

Culturally rich national park in NT

Cultural Significance

Deep meaning tied to traditions, beliefs, and identity

Coastal

Made by erosion, deposition, wave action

Twelve Apostles (VIC)

A riverine landscape made by water flow, deposition

Murray-Darling Basin

An arid landscape made by wind erosion, minimal deposition

Simpson Desert

A mountain landscape formed by tectonic uplift, weathering

Snowy Mountains

A karst landscape formed by chemical weathering of limestone

Jenolan Caves

A volcanic landscape formed by lava flow, tectonic activity

Atherton Tablelands

A convection current formed by mantle movement driving plate motion

Rift zone

Area where plates diverge

Volcanic loam

Fertile soil from volcanic ash

Mantle

Layer beneath Earth’s crust

Transport

Systems adapted to mountain terrain

Tectonic plate

Large slab of Earth’s crust

Hotspot

Fixed mantle zone forming volcanoes

Plateau