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HULIGANGA - Lithosphere and The Earth's Processes

The document discusses the lithosphere and Earth's processes. The lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the Earth consisting of crust and upper mantle. There are two types of lithosphere - oceanic lithosphere formed at ocean ridges, and continental lithosphere which is thicker. The Earth's surface is divided into tectonic plates that move. Earth processes include earthquakes, sediment production through weathering, erosion wearing away land, and deposition adding material. These shape landforms through plate tectonics.

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HULIGANGA - Lithosphere and The Earth's Processes

The document discusses the lithosphere and Earth's processes. The lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the Earth consisting of crust and upper mantle. There are two types of lithosphere - oceanic lithosphere formed at ocean ridges, and continental lithosphere which is thicker. The Earth's surface is divided into tectonic plates that move. Earth processes include earthquakes, sediment production through weathering, erosion wearing away land, and deposition adding material. These shape landforms through plate tectonics.

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Lithosphere and the

Earth’s Processes
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LITHOSPHERE
 The lithosphere is the rocky outer
part of the Earth. It is made up of
the brittle crust and the top part of
the upper mantle. The lithosphere is
the coolest and most rigid part of
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the Earth.
TYPES OF LITHOSPHERE
 Oceanic lithosphere is
produced at ocean ridges, where
hot magma rises, and then cools to
form plates as the material moves
away from the spreading center.
As the plate cools, heat flow
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decreases and the seafloor


TYPES OF LITHOSPHERE

 Continental lithosphere
consists of the continental crust
and, typically, some
nonconvecting part of the
underlying upper mantle, it is
thicker than its oceanic
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counterpart and does not subduct.


LITHOSPHERIC PLATES

 The surface of the Earth is broken up into large plates.


When we talk about tectonic or lithospheric plates, we mean
the rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as one unit.
The surface of the Earth is divided into 7 major and 8
minor plates.
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Major
and
Minor
Plates
of the
Earth
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THE EARTH’S
PROCESSES
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THE EARTH’S PROCESSES
 The physical processes on Earth create constant
change. Earth surface processes include earthquakes
and earth surface motions, sediment production,
erosion, and deposition.
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Earth Processes
 Earthquakes and Earth surface motions
 Sediment Production
 Erosion
 Deposition
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Earth Processes
 Earthquakes and Earth surface motions
 Sediment Production
 The Earth is covered by a series of
 Erosion
constantly moving tectonic plates
 Deposition
(Plate Tectonic Theory).
 Plate tectonics are also responsible
for landforms such as geysers,
earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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Earth Processes
 Earthquakes and Earth surface motions
 Sediment Production
 Erosion
 Deposition  Sediment production is defined as the
generation of fresh soil through the
weathering of bedrock, landslides,
gully erosion, volcanic eruptions, and
so forth.
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Earth Processes
 Earthquakes and Earth surface motions
 Sediment Production
 Erosion
 Deposition  Erosion is the geological process in
which earthen materials are worn
away and transported by natural
forces.
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Earth Processes
 Earthquakes and Earth surface motions
 Sediment Production
 Erosion
 Deposition  Deposition is the geological process
in which sediments, soil and rocks
are added to a landform or land
mass.
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IMPORTANCE OF EARTH’S
PROCESSES
 Earth surface processes are important for scientific,
engineering, environmental, and economic reasons. Many of
the Earth surface processes responsible for landforms
involve the formation, erosion, transport, and deposition of
sediment.
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THANK YOU
HULIGANGA, John Dexter B.
B.S.Ed Major in Social Studies
Emilio Aguinaldo College - Manila
School of Arts, Sciences, and Teacher Education
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