EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE EARTH

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE EARTH

1. EXTERNAL

   • WEATHERING
     • CAUSES
       • ROCKS AND MINERALS BREAK OUT
       • DISINTEGRATE TO SMALLER PIECES
     • CLIMATIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE PROCESS
       • TEMPERATURE
       • HUMIDITY
     • TYPES
       • CHEMICAL
       • BIOLOGICAL
       • MECHANICAL
   • AGENTS SHAPE LANSCAPE
     • AGENTS
       • WATER
       • WIND
       • ICE
       • OCEAN MOVEMENT
       • GRAVITY
     • PROCESSES
       • EROSION
         • TRANSPORTION
           • DEPOSITION
   • HOW DOES ______ SHAPE LANDSCAPE?
     • GLACIERS
       • U-SHAPED VALEY
         • GLACIAL TONGUE
           • STEEP RELIEF
             • GLACIAL CIRQUES
               • MORAINE
     • WIND
       • SAND COLUMNS
         • DEFLATION AND ABRASION
           • BARCHANS
             • ERGS
     • RIVERS AND RAIN
       • RIVERS
         • UPPER COURSE
           • MIDDLE COURSE
             • LOWER COURSE
       • RAIN
         • GULLIES
           • RAVINES
           • GORGES
     • GROUND WATER
       • STALAGMITES
         • CAVE FLOOR
       • STALACTITES
         • CAVE CEILING
     • OCEANS
       • WAVES
         • TIDES
           • CURRENTS
   • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
     • SEDIMENTATION
       • COMPACTION
         • CEMENTATION

2. INTERNAL

   • INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
     • IS HOTTER THAN THE EXTERIOR
     • INNER CORE
       • SOLID
       • 6,000 ºC
     • OUTER CORE
       • MOLTEN
   • TECTONIC PLATES
     • INNER CORE
       • CAUSE MATERIAL TO MOVE
         • IN THE INNER CORE
     • MADE UP
       • CRUST
     • DISTRIBUTION OF TECTONIC PLATES CAUSE
       • EARTHQUAKES
       • VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
       • MONTAIN-BUILDING
       • GEYSERS
   • INTERNAL ENERGY PRODUCE
     • VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
       • MAGMA (INSIDE DE CRUST)
         • GO OUT (TROUGHT A VOLCANO)
           • CONVERTS INTO LAVA
   • EARTHQUAKES
     • SEISMIC WAVES
       • EPICENTRE
       • HYPOCENTRE
     • STEPS
       • PREDICTION
       • PREPAREDNESS