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Effects of Geosphere Part 1

The geosphere encompasses Earth's solid and molten rock, including the crust, mantle, and core, with landforms changing over time due to plate movements, weathering, and erosion. The document discusses the formation of landforms such as mountains and volcanic islands through tectonic activities and the movement of Earth's plates. It describes different types of mountains, including folded and fault-block mountains, formed by various forces acting on the Earth's crust.

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Effects of Geosphere Part 1

The geosphere encompasses Earth's solid and molten rock, including the crust, mantle, and core, with landforms changing over time due to plate movements, weathering, and erosion. The document discusses the formation of landforms such as mountains and volcanic islands through tectonic activities and the movement of Earth's plates. It describes different types of mountains, including folded and fault-block mountains, formed by various forces acting on the Earth's crust.

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Effects of

Geosphere
Features of the Geosphere

The geosphere includes the solid and melted rock


inside Earth. It also includes the soil, rock pieces, and
landforms on Earth's surface.
Earth’s Layers
Crust Mantle
Outer
Inner core
core
Earth consists of different layers:
The crust: which is the rocky outermost layer.
The mantle
is just below the surface
and made partly of
molten rock.

Molten rock is very hot


melted rock. It can
flow slowly like thick
putty.
The deepest layer of Earth
at the center is the
core. It is very hot,
solid rock made mostly
of iron. The inner core is
solid.
landform
A landform is a physical
feature found on Earth's
crust. These landforms
change over time. Plate
movement, weathering
and erosion can all
change the appearance of
Earth's surface.
Plates
Island Building The Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific

Ocean rest on a slowly moving


plate. As it moves the plate passes
over a hot spot. A hot spot is an
area where molten rock from deep
within the mantle breaks through
to the Earth's crust.
Over millions of years. lava
erupting from the underwater hot
spot formed a mountain. the
mountain grew taller than the
ocean's surface and became a
volcanic island.
Mountains

Mountains are formed when plates move, which results in mountain building,
earthquakes, and volcanoes.
Tension is a force that pulls things
apart, It moves Earth's plates.
Plates can also be moved by
pushing forces.

Folded mountains:
It is a mountain that is formed when
plates are pushed together, the
crust is forced upward, producing
folded mountains.
Fault-block mountains:
When one plate rubs past another
plate, the movement causes a force
that twists or pushes one part of
the crust past another. When one
plate moves up while the other
moves down, this forms fault-block
mountain.

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