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The Natural Realms of the Earth -Lithosphere

Telangana Board · Class 9 · Social Studies

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The Four Natural Realms of Earth

  • Earth scientists identify four natural realms: Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere
  • Lithosphere: The solid crust made of rocks and minerals, covered with soil ('Litho' = stone, 'sphaira' = sphere)
  • Hydrosphere: The realm of water including rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and groundwater
2

Landforms Classification

  • First Order Landforms: Primary division into continents and ocean basins
  • Second Order Landforms: Mountains, plateaus, and plains formed by internal Earth processes
  • Third Order Landforms: Features carved by external processes like valleys, deltas, sand dunes
3

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift

  • Seven major plates: African, North American, South American, Indo-Australian, Antarctic, Eurasian, and Pacific
  • Minor plates include Nazca and Arabian plates
  • Plates 'float' on the mantle and move constantly but very slowly
4

Sea Floor Spreading

  • Mid-ocean ridges create new ocean floor from rising mantle material
  • Fresh basalt crust spreads laterally from ridges
  • Process widens ocean basins over time

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Earth has four interconnected realmsEarth's crust is divided into largeForces from inside Earth like volcanicForces from outside Earth like weatheringRivers erode mountains creating V

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