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landscape

all the visible features of an area of land

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tectonic plates

large rigid slabs of rock that makeup the Earth’s crust

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Mountain ranges

a chain of mountains close together

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landform

a natural feature on the Earth’s surface.

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glacier

a large, slow moving mass of ice

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ice sheet

a large, thick dome shape mass of ice on land

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erosion

a geological process that wears away rock and soil

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spiritual value

an important relationship with someone’s inner life

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aesthetic value

the value of something based on how it looks and how it makes you feel

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economic value

to benefit a person or company financially

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cultural value

shared beliefs and standards the guide a community or society

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degradation

the process of destroying something

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ecosystem

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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climate change

long term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns

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plate boundaries

the meeting point of 2 tectonic plates

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converge

to meet at a point

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diverge

to separate from another route and goes in different directions

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subduction

the action of 2 tectonic plates colliding and the less dense plate submerges into the denser one.

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mantle

the mostly solid bulk of Earth’s interior

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inner core

the dense centre of the Earth

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outer core

a liquid layer of iron that surrounds the inner core

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Earth’s crust

the outer most layer of the Earth

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terraced

a piece of land that has been shaped into a step-like platform built on a slope, typically used for farming, where the earth is sculpted to create these terraces

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deforestation

the purposeful clearing of forest land

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tsunamis

a high long sea wave caused by earthquakes or other disturbances

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pyroclastic flows

fast moving mixture of hot gas, ash and rock fragments that flows.

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soil creep

the slow movement of soil down a slope because of gravity

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slumping

a type of mass wasting that occurs when a mass of soil moves down a slope

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mudflow

a fluid or hardened stream of avalanche of mud

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debris flow

a destructive landslide of rock, soil and water that flows down a slope

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rock fall

a mass of rock that falls from a cliff or steep hill

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avalanche

snow, ice or rock falling rapidly down a mountainside

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deposition

the process of laying sediment, soil or rocks on a surface

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arch

a natural rock formation where erosion has created an opening through a rock structure

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stack

a column of rock that is formed by wave erosion

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cave

a natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff

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headland

a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea

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destructive waves

large, powerful waves that occur during storms and erode coastlines

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constructive waves

low energy waves that build up beaches

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refraction

the bending of light or other waves as they pass through different mediums

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longshore drift

the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede away from it.

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blowout dunes

depressions in in sand dunes caused by wind erosion

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spits

narrow, coastal land formations that is tied to the coast at one end

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tombolos

when a spit connects to the mainland coast to an island

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lagoons

a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a natural barrier

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the twelve apostles

a group of limestone rock formations located along the great ocean road

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desert landscape

hot landscapes that consist of sand and experiences hot weather.

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rainforest landscape

shady forests with a dense canopy of closely spaced trees

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karst landscapes

regions of land that has been shaped by soluble rock

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aquatic landscape

underwater environment

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island landscape

land that is surrounded by water

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polar regions

land that experiences very cold temperatures such as antarctica.

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mountain landscapes

landscape that is made from an elevated landform that rises above the landscape

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grassland landscape

large open areas of grass

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natural features

physical parts of the Earth that wasn’t man-made

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manmade features

features that was built by man.