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    The document discusses endogenic processes, which are geological processes that occur beneath Earth's surface and are driven by energy from within the planet. It then explains that Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat accumulated during the planet's formation and radiogenic heat from radioactive elements decaying inside Earth. This heat is transferred toward the surface via conduction within solid rock, convection within molten rock in the mantle, and subduction at tectonic plate boundaries.

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    The document discusses endogenic processes, which are geological processes that occur beneath Earth's surface and are driven by energy from within the planet. It then explains that Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat accumulated during the planet's formation and radiogenic heat from radioactive elements decaying inside Earth. This heat is transferred toward the surface via conduction within solid rock, convection within molten rock in the mantle, and subduction at tectonic plate boundaries.

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    The document discusses endogenic processes, which are geological processes that occur beneath Earth's surface and are driven by energy from within the planet. It then explains that Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat accumulated during the planet's formation and radiogenic heat from radioactive elements decaying inside Earth. This heat is transferred toward the surface via conduction within solid rock, convection within molten rock in the mantle, and subduction at tectonic plate boundaries.

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    The document discusses endogenic processes, which are geological processes that occur beneath Earth's surface and are driven by energy from within the planet. It then explains that Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat accumulated during the planet's formation and radiogenic heat from radioactive elements decaying inside Earth. This heat is transferred toward the surface via conduction within solid rock, convection within molten rock in the mantle, and subduction at tectonic plate boundaries.

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    ENDOGENIC PROCESSES

    Are geological processes that occur beneath the surface of the Earth.
    It is associated with energy originating in the interior of the solid earth.
    The ground we live on is moving all the time. The forces within the earth that cause the
    ground to move are called ENDOGENIC FORCES.
    The Earth’s Internal Heat
    Heat- is a result of the movement of tiny particles called atoms, molecules, or ions in solids, liquids, and
    gases.
    Heat Energy- play a vital role in our planet. It is one of the extreme factors in what makes the world livable.
    The different geologic features of the planet like volcanoes, mountain ranges, ridges, trenches, valleys, and
    more are indications of our planet’s hot internal structure.
    Sources of Heat
    1. Primordial Heat- is the internal heat energy accumulated by dissipation in a planet during its first
    few million years of evolution. It is generated during Earth formation.
    The major contribution of this internal heat is accretional energy- the energy deposited during the
    early formation of a planet. The core is a storage of primordial heat that originates from time of
    accretion when kinetic energy of colliding particles was transformed into thermal energy. In addition,
    the heat of the core takes tens of thousands of years to reach the surface of the earth.
    2. Radiogenic Heat- is the thermal energy released as a result of spontaneous nuclear disintegration
    of natural radioactive elements inside the planet; Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium.
    Mechanism of Heat Transfer
    Heat Transfer- the movement of heat across the border of the system due to a difference in temperature
    between the system and its surroundings. If the temperature difference exists between the two systems,
    heat will find a way to transfer from the higher to the lower system.
    1. Conduction- governs the thermal conditions in almost entire solid portions of the Earth. Technically,
    it can be defined as the process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between
    neighboring atoms or molecules.
    2. Convection- dominates the thermal conditions in the zones where large quantities of fluids (molten
    rocks) exists. (Mass transfer of heat)

    Subduction- is the process by which collision of the Earth’s crustal plates results in one plate’s
    being drawn down or overridden by another.
    3. Radiation- the process of heat exchange between the Sun and the Earth.

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