EXOGENIC PROCESSES
EXOGENIC PROCESSES OR DENUDATION
Refers to activities or phenomena
that occur on the Earth’s surface.
It is considered as destructive
and are responsible for
degradation and sculpting the
Earth’s surface.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES/MGA LAYUNIN
At the end of the period, the learners shall have been able to:
a)Define exogenic processes;
b)Identify different types of exogenic processes (weathering,
erosion, mass wasting);
c)Analyze and interpret images of landscapes to identify
exogenic processes; and
d)Appreciate the role of exogenic processes in shaping the
TYPES OF EXOGENIC
PROCESSES
WEATHERING
EROSION
MASS WASTING
SEDIMENTATION
WEATHERING
The process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces.
The physical weathering happens when rock is
physically broken into smaller pieces.
FACTORS THAT AFFECT PHYSICAL
WEATHERING
[Link] WEDGING ~> H2O seeps in rock, expands, crack rocks into smaller
pieces.
[Link] OF PRESSURE ~> Surface rock erodes, rock flakes like onion
layers.
[Link] OF PLANTS ~> Roots grow into cracks and push rocks apart.
[Link] ~> Burrow and push apart rock.
The chemical weathering is the process of
breaking down rock through chemical changes.
FACTORS THAT AFFECT
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
1. WATER ~> Water dissolves rock chemically.
2. OXYGEN ~> Rocks that has iron in it mixes with oxygen and rusts.
3. CARBON DIOXIDE ~> CO2 dissolves in rainwater and weathers marble
and limestone.
4. LIVING ORGANISMS ~> Acids from plants and roots chemically weather
rock.
5. ACID RAIN ~> Air pollution reacts with clouds and falls on rock as acid rain.
EROSION BY EROSION BY WIND
WATER
Erosion by water changes the Erosion by wind carries dust,
shape of coastlines. Waves sand, and volcanic ash from one
constantly crash against shores. place to another. Wind can
They pound rocks into pebbles and sometimes blow sand into
reduce pebbles to sand. Water towering dunes.
sometimes takes sand away from
beaches. This moves the coastline
farther inland.
EROSION BY
EROSION BY ICE
GRAVITY
Gravity pulls any loose bits down
Erosion by ice can erode the land. In the side of a hill or mountain. Gravity
frigid areas and on some Erosion is better known as Mass
mountaintops, glaciers move slowly Movement.
downhill and across the land. As they
move, they pick up everything in
their path, from tiny grains of sand to
RESULT OF EROSION
WEATHERING
(EROSION BEGINS
VS. EROSION WITH A PROCESS
CALLED WEATHERING)
ADDITIONAL INFO (WEATHERING &
EROSION)
REGOLITH - When weathered rock remains in place and
remains in its pure state.
SEDIMENT - When weathered material is removed from the
site of weathering.
MOVING WATER - It is the main agent of erosion.
PEOPLE - Nowadays, people became one of the causes of
erosion.
WEATHERING AND EROSION - Weathered rock material will be
removed from its original site and transported away by a natural
agent.
SEDIMENTATION
It is a natural process in which a material is carried to the
bottom of bodies of water and forms to solid.
MASS WASTING
Mass wasting is the movement of rock, soil and
regolith downward due to the action of gravity.
FACTORS THAT TRIGGERED the MASS
WASTING
OVER-STEEPENED WATE EARTHQUAKE VEGETATIO
SLOPE R N
REMOVAL
Rapid movements are
commonly found in steep Rainwater adds It is a vibration and The lack of vegetation
slopes while slow weight and acts as a also a factor that cover to hold the loose
movements are found on lubricant to weathered triggers mass wasting. particles.
gentle slopes. material.