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. Sudden changes cause EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES
VOLCANO A VENT OR OPENING IN THE EARTH’S CRUST THROUGH WHICH MOLTEN MATERIALS ERUPTS SUDDENLY.
EARTHQUAKE When the Lithospheric plates move,the surface of the earth vibrates. These vibrations are called EARTHQUAKES.
Earthquake hits Bhuj 26 th January 2001
EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
SEISMOGRAPH
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.
WORK OF A RIVER
FLOOD PLAINS
DELTA
WORK OF SEA WAVES
WORK OF ICE
WORK OF WIND