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Internal Forces of Change
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Types of Boundaries Convergent –Come together Divergent –Pull apart Transform –Slide past each other http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm#9
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Convergent Boundaries Subduction –One plate dives beneath another –Forms volcanic mountains Accretion –As one plate slides beneath another, a trench is formed –Overriding plate scrapes off the subducted plate, leveling off undersea mountains and ridges Folding –Two continental plates collide, forming mountains http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module04swf.swf http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm#9
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Divergent Boundaries Spreading –Two sea plates pull apart –Magma rises, creating ridges or undersea mountain ranges (“new” land) http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module04swf.swf http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm#9
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Transform Boundaries Fault –Crack in earth’s surface where two plates can slide past one another –When plates make a sudden, violent shift, earthquake! http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/go odies/elearning/module04swf.swf http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/a nimations/ch2.htm#9
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External Forces of Change
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Weathering Definition: The breaking down of rocks on the earth’s surface into smaller pieces. Different from erosion! No movement
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Physical Weathering Caused by heat, water, ice, or pressure
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Frost Wedging
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Frost Heaving
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Plant Roots
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Burrowing of Animals
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Temperature Changes
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Chemical Weathering Caused by chemical reactions.Caused by chemical reactions. Can be caused by water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, acid rainCan be caused by water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, acid rain 1908 to 1969 Acid rain has eaten away this limestone statue.
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Water Water weathers rock by dissolving it
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Oxygen Iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water in a processes called oxidation The product of oxidation is rust
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Acid Rain Burning coal, oil and gas react chemically with water forming acids. Acid rain causes very rapid chemical weathering
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Erosion Definition: The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves pieces of rock and soil Different from weathering! Movement
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Caused by fast- moving water such as rain, rivers, streams and oceans. Can eventually form a canyon or cliff (ocean). –Ex. Grand Canyon Water Erosion
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Caused by the movement of dust, sand and soil. Can create loess, a fertile soil carried by wind. –Ex. Great Plains Wind Erosion
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Caused by large pieces of ice moving across the earth’s surface. Can leave behind moraines (large piles of rock and debris). –Ex. Rocky Mountains Glacial (Ice) Erosion
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Glacial Erosion
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http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/oceansci/animations.asp
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Water Cycle Constant movement of water on earth. Evaporation, condensation, precipitation Amount of water on earth really never changes! http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/index.html
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