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OUR CHANGING EARTH

OUR CHANGING EARTH. LITHOSPHERIC PLATES. EVOLUTION OF LANDFORMS. TECTONIC FORCES. Endogenic forces – The forces that act in the interior of the earth. Exogenic forces - The forces that act on the surface of the earth. CAUSES. Endogenic forces produce slow and sudden movements .

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OUR CHANGING EARTH

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  1. OUR CHANGING EARTH

  2. LITHOSPHERIC PLATES

  3. EVOLUTION OF LANDFORMS

  4. TECTONIC FORCES • Endogenic forces – The forces that act in the interior of the earth. • Exogenic forces - The forces that act on the surface of the earth .

  5. CAUSES • Endogenic forces produce slow and sudden movements . • Sudden changes cause EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES

  6. VOLCANO • A VENT OR OPENING IN THE EARTH’S CRUST THROUGH WHICH MOLTEN MATERIALS ERUPTS SUDDENLY.

  7. EARTHQUAKE • When the Lithospheric plates move ,the surface of the earth vibrates. • These vibrations are calledEARTHQUAKES.

  8. Earthquake hits Bhuj • 26th January 2001

  9. EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS

  10. SEISMOGRAPH

  11. WEATHERING & EROSION • Weathering – Breaking up of the rocks on the earth’s surface. • Erosion - is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind ,ice .

  12. WORK OF A RIVER

  13. FLOOD PLAINS

  14. DELTA

  15. WORK OF SEA WAVES

  16. WORK OF ICE

  17. WORK OF WIND

  18. THANK YOU

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