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    There are two major processes that shape the Earth's surface: endogenous and exogenous processes. Endogenous processes occur beneath the surface and include plate tectonics and movement, which can cause deformation through faulting and folding of the Earth's crust. When tectonic plates interact through movements like compression, tension, and shearing, it can lead to earthquakes and volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

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    There are two major processes that shape the Earth's surface: endogenous and exogenous processes. Endogenous processes occur beneath the surface and include plate tectonics and movement, which can cause deformation through faulting and folding of the Earth's crust. When tectonic plates interact through movements like compression, tension, and shearing, it can lead to earthquakes and volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

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    There are two major processes that shape the Earth's surface: endogenous and exogenous processes. Endogenous processes occur beneath the surface and include plate tectonics and movement, which can cause deformation through faulting and folding of the Earth's crust. When tectonic plates interact through movements like compression, tension, and shearing, it can lead to earthquakes and volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

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    SCULPTURING THE EARTH SURFACE

    Two major processes that cause deformation of the Earth's Crust

    A. Endogenous processes

    Which occur beneath the surface of the earth.

    B. Exogenous processes

    Which take place above Earth's surface.

    Note. these two major are responsible in the changes of landscape s in the different regions of the word.

    A.ENDOGENOUS PROCESSES

    Plate tectonics (from the late Latin tectonics, from the Greek:TEKTOVIKOS "pertaining to building") is a
    scientific theory that describes the large-scale motions of Earths lithosphere.

    The lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates. On Earth,their are seven major plates and many minor
    plates.

    Plates is made-up of thick slabs of rocks is composed of a continental crust and an oceanic crust.

    7 Major Plates on Earth

    Pacific

    North American

    South American

    African

    Eurasian

    Antarctic

    Indo-Australian

    Forces in Earth's Crust

    Stress a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume.

    Deformation: the breaking, tilting ,and folding of rocks.

    Prefix de -undo

    Form-shape or configuration
    Kind of Stress

    1. Tension- pulls on the rocks of the crust stretching so that it become thinner in the middle.

    2 Compression-squeezes the rocks of the crust until it folds or break.

    3.Shearing- pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions.

    Tectonic forces

    Movements of plates

    When the plates move and interact

    With each other and bring about DIASTROPHISM VULCANISM

    DIASTROPHISM

    Earth's crust brought by tectonic forces or the movements of the plates.

    Two processes of Diastrophism

    1.Faulting this movement refers to the fracturing or breaking of rock masses or the Earth's crust.

    -this usually happens when the rock masses are under tension due to plate movement.

    Types of Fault

    1.Normal faults occur when tensional forces act in opposite directions and cause one slab of the rock to
    be displaced up and the other slab down.

    2. Reverse faults develop when compressional forces exist compression causes one block to be pushed
    up and over the other block.

    3.Graben fault is produced when tensional stresses result in the subsidence of a block of rock. On a
    large scale these features are known as RIFT Valleys.

    4.Horrst fault is the development of two reverse fault causing a block of rock to be pushed up.

    5. Strike slip o transform fault are vertical in nature and are produced where the stresses are exerted
    parallel to each other.

    EARTHQUQKES

    Result of displacement of structures on the Earth's crust.

    Shaking of earth due to movement of rocks along a fault.

    2.Folding occurs when Earth's crust is compressed due to plate movement into collision
    TYPES OF FOLDING

    1.Anticline fold that forms an upward arch

    2. Syncline fold that forms a downward arch.

    3.Monocline fold involves a slight bend in otherwise parallel layers of rock.

    VULCANISM

    Is another process that takes place beneath the Earth's crus.t

    This happen when molten materials from the interior of the earth forced into the crust and even onto
    the Earth's surface because of high pressures with the Earth.

    Is both constructive and destructive.

    Magma is a molten materials that still inside the earth. Is shot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth.

    Lava one they are spewed out of the Earth's surface and solidified.

    melted rock from a volcano

    Benefits of vulcanism to man

    Fertile soils.

    Rich in sulphur deposits.

    Source of geothermal energy.

    Bring damage to man:

    Damage to human lives

    Crops

    Property

    Faulting and folding

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