Exogenic Process

Exogenic Process

• Are processes that takes place at or near the earth’s

surface that makes the surface wear away.

• Exogenic processes are very destructive, they are

responsible for degredation and sculpting the earth’s
surface.
Types of Exogenic Process

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Mass wasting
• Sedimentation
Weathering

• The process that breaks down large rocks into smaller

pieces.
The Physical Weathering

• Physical waeathering happens when the rock is physically

broken in to smaller pieces.
Factors that affect physical weathering

• Ice wedging- H20 seepes in rock, expand, crack rocks

into smaller pieces.
• Release of pressure- Surface rock erodes, rock flakes like
onion layers.
• Growth of Plant- rocks grow into cracks and push rocks
apart.
• Animals- burrow and push apart rock
• Abrasion- sand and rock carried by wind, water, ice wears
away surface rock when rocks collide. Most common in
windy areas.
Chemical weathering

• Is the process of breaking down rock through chemical

changes.
Factors that affect chemical weathering

• Water- water dissolves rock chemically.

• Oxygen- Rocks that has iron in it mixes with oxygen and
rust.
• Carbon dioxide- CO2 dissolves in rainwater and weathers
marble and limstones.
• Living Organisms- Acids from plants and roots chemically
weather rock.
• Acid Rain- air pollution reacts with clouds and falls on
rocks as acid rain.
Physical vs. Chemical Weathering

• Physical weathering refers to the disintegration or

disaggregation of rocks by physically breaking them
apart.

• Chemical weathering refers to the decomposition of rocks

and minerals as chemical reactions alter them into new
substances.
Erosion

• Rock particles that are carried away by the wind, ice &
gravity
Agents of Erosion

• Water
• Wind
• Ice
• Gravity
Erosion by water

• Erosion by water changes the shape of the coastline,

waves constantly crash against shore.

• They pound into pebbles and reduce pebbles into sand,

water sometimes take sand away.
Erosion by wind

• Erosion by wind carries dust, sand, and volcanic ash from

one place to another.

• Wind can sometimes blow sand into towering dunes.

Erosion by Ice

• Erosion by ice can erode the land. in frigid areas and

on some mountain tops.

• Glaciers move slowly downhill and across the land.

• As they move they pick up everything in their path,

from tiny grains of sand to huge boulders of rocks.
Erosion by Gravity

• Gravity pulls any loose bits down the side of a hill or

mountain.

• Gravity erosion is better known as mass movement.

Sedimentation
• It is a natural process
in which a material is
carried to the bottom of
bodies of water and
forms to solid.
 Mass
MassWasting

• Is the movement of
rocks, soil, and regolith
downward due to the
action of gravity.
Types of Mass Wasting

• Slump
• Solifluction
• Earth Flows
• Mud Flows
• Debris slide
• Debris flow
• Rock fall
• Soil Creep.
 Slump
• Is a type of mass wasting that
resulted in the sliding of
coherent rock materials along
a curved surface.
 Solifluction
• Is the slow downhill flow of
soil.
Earth EarthFlow
• Is a downslope viscous
flow of finegrained
materials that have
been saturated with
water and moves
under the pull of
gravity.
 Mudflow
• Occurs when mud
travels down a slope
very quickly.
 Debris
Debris Flow
• Is a moving mass of
loose mud, sand, soil,
rock, water, and air
that travels down a
slope under the
influence of gravity.
 Debris
Debris Slide
• Is a type of slide
characterized by the
chaotic movement of
rocks, soil, and debris
mixed with water and
or/ soil.
Rock Flow
• Occurs when pieces of
rocks break loose from
a steep rock face or
cliff.
Soil Creep
• A slow, gradual
movement of soil or
regolith downhill over
time.
QUIZ 2
1. It occurs when pieces of rocks break loose from a steep
rock face or cliff?

a. Rock Flow

b. Soil Creep
c. Debris Slide
d. Debris Flow
2. It is a slow, gradual movement of soil or regolith downhill
over time?

a. Debris Slide

b. Debris Flow
c. Rock Flow
d. Soil Creep
3. It is a type of slide characterized by the chaotic
movement of rocks, soil, and debris mixed with water and
or/ soil?

a. Mud Flow
b. Rock Flow
c. Debris Flow

d. Debris Slide
4. It is a moving mass of loose mud, sand, soil, rock, water,
and air that travels down a slope under the influence of
gravity?

a. Rock Flow
b. Debris Flow
c. Rock Slide

d. Mud Flow
5. It occurs when mud travels down a slope very quickly?

a. Mud Flow

b. Mud Slide
c. Mud Form
d. Mud Slope
6. It is a downslope viscous flow of finegrained materials
that have been saturated with water and moves under the
pull of gravity?

a. Rock Flow
b. Land Slide
c. Mud Flow

d. Earth Flow
7. It is the slow downhill flow of soil?

a. Solifluction

b. Solidification
c. Soliflucted
d. Solifluctated
8. It is a type of mass wasting that resulted in the sliding of
coherent rock materials along a curved surface?

a. Slamp
b. Slump
c. Slomp
d. Slimp
9. It is the movement of rocks, soil, and regolith downward
due to the action of gravity?

a. Mass Wasting
b. Mass Wasted
c. Rock Flow
d. Debris Slide
10. It is a natural process in which a material is carried to
the bottom of bodies of water and forms to solid?

a. Sedimentation

b. Rock-Slide
c. Earth Flow
d. Debris Slide
Answer key:
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. A