Relacionar Columnas The Relief formationVersión en línea Activity for the Unit 1. 3rd of ESO (9th year) Geography por JUSTINA Castillo García 1 2 3 When a plate on the ocean's crust collides with the edge of a continental plate it is pushed down into the Earth's interior, where high temperatures melt the crust and turn it into magma. 4 Rifts or cracks are formed in the ocean's crust when... 5 Caused by the interaction of temperature, wind and water. 6 The Earth's crust is made up of plates wich float on the top of the mantle and very slowly separate, slide against each other or collide 7 SEDIMENTATION 8 FAULTS occur when the crust is rigid and fractures. Some blocks sink while others rise and form mountains 9 Movement of the eroded material. 10 Slow changes in the relief that take place over an extended period of time in three phases Deposition of materials in another place The theory of plate tectonics When two continental plates collide. They are called FOLDS EXOGENOUS PROCESS the plates separate EXOGENOUS PROCESSES TRANSPORTATION EROSION
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