Exercise - Question:
Que: Answer the following questions briefly:
1. Why do the plated move?
2. What are exogenic and endogenic forces?
3. What is erosion?
4. How are flood plains formed?
5. What are the sand dunes?
6. How are the beaches formed?
7. What are the ox - bow lakes?
Ans:
1. Plates move due to the movement in the molten magma found in the interior of the earth:
- Exogenic Forces
1. Exogenic forces are those forces which act on the surface of the earth and cause changes on the surface of the earth.
Examples: Weathering, gradation, erosion, deposition.
- Endogenic Forces
1. Endogenic forces are those forces which originate in the interior of the earth and cause change on the surface of the earth.
Examples: Volcanoes and Earthquakes.
