Cavs Geography Homework 1.4

1 What is continental drift?

Continental drift is the gradual movement and formation of continents

2 What name is given to the processes associated with plate movements?

Tectonic Movement  

3 What is the name of the super continent that existed over one billion years ago?

The super continent that existed over one billion years ago is called Rodinia

4 When did Pangaea exist?

Pangaea existed about 750 million years ago

5 Which present-day continents were parts of Gondwana?

Present day countries that were once part of Gondwana include South America, Australia, Africa, India and Antarctica.

6 At what speeds and in what direction is the Australian continent moving?

At present the continent of Australia is moving 5cm to the North each

7 How old are Australia’s desert landscapes?

They are relatively new less than one million years old

8 What is the main agent of erosion in Australia?

The main agent of erosion is water, water from rivers, streams, lakes and lagoons.

9 What is geomorphology?

The change in landform             
10What does a geomorphologist do?                                                                                                    Study how the landscape has been transformed, possible causes may bee a result of erosion, volcanic activity, plate tectonics etc.