Unit 2:
The system Earth
1. THE SYSTEM EARTH
2. COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR.
3. LITHOSPHERE'S DYNAMICS
3.1. Orogenic theories
3.2. Continental drift
3.3. Plate tectonics
4. MANIFESTATIONS OF THE EARTH'S
DYNAMICS
4.1. Volcanism
4.2. Seismicity
4.3. Rock deformation
4.4. Orogenesis
RISKS AND NATURAL CATASTROPHES
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Inestable grounds (landslides, movile dunes, expansive soils)
Wind (hurricans, tiphons, tornadoes and wirlwinds)
Water (floods, torrential rains, avalanches, icestone)
Tsunamis
Fires
Cosmic rays, asteroids and comets
INSTRUCTIONS
BASIC INFORMATION
VIDEOS
The top ten
natural disasters of the world (National Geographic)
Supervolcanoes (National Geographic)
Asteorid impact (National Geographic)
Hurricans and Tiphons (SpaceRip)
Megatsunamis (History Channel)
Earthquake (BBC)
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