* The internal
structure of the Earth
Core: deepest part. Part solid,
part liquid.
Mantle: around the core. Magma
(molten rock).
Crust: Outer layer of the Earth.
Solid rock.
When thicker  Continents.
When thinner  Under the
oceans.
* The external
structure of the Earth
Lithos + sphere.
Crust and upper mantle of the Earth.
Different geographical features  RELIEF
Tectonic plates
Formation of
the continents
and the ocean
floor.
INTERNAL
FORCES
CONTINENTS  Some of the tectonic plates formed the continents (def. enormous
landmasses separated by oceans).
Asia: largest continent of the Earth.
Surrounded by:
North  Arctic Ocean.
South  Indian Ocean.
East  Pacific Ocean.
West  Europe and Africa.
America: 2nd largest. Longest
continent from north to south.
Between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans.
Arctic Ocean in the north, and
Antarctic in the south.
Divided in three subcontinents:
North America.
Isthmus of Central America.
South America.
Africa:
Surrounded by:
North  Mediterranean Sea.
South  Antarctic Ocean.
East  Indian Ocean and Asia.
West  Atlantic Ocean.
 Antarctica:
o Southern part of the
Earth.
 Surrounded by the
Antarctic Ocean,
the Pacific, Atlantic
and Indian oceans.
Europe:
Western part of the
Eurasian plate.
Surrounded by:
North  Arctic Ocean.
South 
Mediterranean Sea.
East  Asia (Ural
Mountains, Caspian
Sea, Caucasus and
Black Sea).
West  Atlantic
Ocean.
Oceania:
Around 10 thousand
islands in the Pacific
Ocean.
Four areas:
Australasia,
Melanesia,
Micronesia and
Polynesia.
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Water
Erosion
Removal of
material.
Fluvial erosion
Coastal erosion
Coastal
erosion
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Water
Sedimentation
Deposition of
material.
Cape Cod
(Massachusetts)
History of
sedimentation in
Barcelona.
Barceloneta beach
Ebro delta
Mississippi delta
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Water
Weathering
Breaking down
of the rock due
to the
combination of
water and
atmospherical
conditions
(mostly heat and
cold)
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Water
Dissolution
(Karst)
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Wind
Erosion
Removal of material.
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Wind
Sedimentation
Removal of material.
EXTERNAL
FORCES
Human beings
Combination of internal and external forces
CONTINENTAL LANDFORMS
COASTAL LANDFORMS
SUBARINE RELIEF
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Unit 8 - Lithosphere