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BELLWORK  EARTH PROCESSE S EXOGENIC & ENDOGENIC PROCESS (Lessons 3 and 4)  EARTH PROCESSES EXOGENIC ENDOGENIC PROCESSES PROCESSES  EARTH PROCESSES EXOGENIC ENDOGENIC PROCESSES PROCESSES The exogenic processes derive The ener...

BELLWORK  EARTH PROCESSE S EXOGENIC & ENDOGENIC PROCESS (Lessons 3 and 4)  EARTH PROCESSES EXOGENIC ENDOGENIC PROCESSES PROCESSES  EARTH PROCESSES EXOGENIC ENDOGENIC PROCESSES PROCESSES The exogenic processes derive The energy their energy from emanating from the surface of the within the earth Earth  EARTH PROCESSES EXOGENIC ENDOGENIC PROCESSES PROCESSES Shapes the Shapes the Earth at the Earth from surface WEATHERING within EROSION VOLCANISM MASS WASTING TECTONICS WATER CYCLE  C PROCESS ES  WEATHERING  The process of breaking down of rocks into small pieces PHYSICAL or MECHANICAL CHEMICAL WEATHERING WEATHERING PHYSICAL WEATHERING  Weathering  Physical  Chemical Weathering Weathering Decomposition of rocks Sudden change of by the alteration of of its the temperature mineral. which cause the rocks to break. CHEMICAL WEATHERING  EROSION  The process of transporting weathered sediments by agents of erosion  Are weathering and erosion the same?  MASS WASTING  The downward mass movement of rocks, soil, and regolith from a higher elevation to a lower one WATER SOIL COVER GEOLOGIC TRIGERRING FEATURES EVENTS  MASS WASTING  The downward mass movement of rocks, soil, and regolith from a higher elevation to a lower one ROCK FALLS MUDFLOWS ROCK SLIDES SLUMPS CREEP ROCK FALL / FALL  Involves direct downward pull of gravity where rock moves vertically down a steep slope. ROCK SLIDE / SLIDE  Large mass of rocks move rapidly down a slope with little or no fluids (water) MUDFLOW / FLOW  Soil and rock move down a slope in a fluid manner due to the presence of water  SLUMP  Similar to rock slides and mudflows but without translational movement  CREEP  the slowest mass wasting process  Soil and rock move in different directions slowly over a long period of time  4. WATER CYCLE EVAPORATION wa up ris ter v ts es a h ea of w it po r n s ha Su odie r ir b te wa Clouds becomes CONDENSATION PRECIPITATION saturated with water ENDOGENI C PROCESSE  E N D OG E N I C PR OCE SS E S refers to the geological events that shape the Earth from within VOLCANISM TECTONICS VOLCANISM  The activity of the expulsion/extrusion of lava HAWAIIAN STROMBOLIAN VULCANIAN PLINIAN SURTSEYAN SHIELD CINDER STRATOVOLCANO SHIELD VOLCANO  Looks like a very broad shield (very wide)  Made from multiple sequences of low viscosity lava piled on top of each other  CINDER CONE VOLCANO  Landforms with very low slopes (very steep)  Made from pyroclastic fragments  STRATOVOLCANO  “Not too wide” shield volcano and “not too steep” volcano  Made up of pyroclastic materials and lava  HAWAIIAN  Effusive, quiet emission of lava with very low volatile content  STROMBOLIAN  The same with hawaiian but with more viscuous lava with short – lived explosions  VULCANIAN  The same with strombolian but with more sustained explosions and series of blasts  PLINIAN  sustained eruption columns  Widespread dispersal of materials like ash  SURTSEYAN  An eruption with magma contact with water producing steam  Ground tremors/Earthquakes  Drying up small bodies of water and death of plants  Ground swelling  Unusual behavior of animals  TECTONICS  The study of the structure of the Earth’s surface and the way it changes shape over time CONVERGENT BOUNDARY DIVERGENT BOUNDARY TRANSFORM BOUNDARY CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY Land masses move and were once joined together in one single land mass  1. JIGSAW PUZZLE FIT  Continents fit together when combined  2. TERRESTRIAL FOSSILS  Fossils – are the preserved remains of living organisms  3. ROCK AND STRUCTURES  Coastline of continents appear to be the same