Relier Pairs The Relief formationVersion en ligne Activity for the Unit 1. 3rd of ESO (9th year) Geography par JUSTINA Castillo García 1 FAULTS occur when the crust is rigid and fractures. Some blocks sink while others rise and form mountains 2 Slow changes in the relief that take place over an extended period of time in three phases 3 Rifts or cracks are formed in the ocean's crust when... 4 When a plate on the ocean's crust collides with the edge of a continental plate it is pushed down into the Earth's interior, where high temperatures melt the crust and turn it into magma. 5 The Earth's crust is made up of plates wich float on the top of the mantle and very slowly separate, slide against each other or collide 6 Caused by the interaction of temperature, wind and water. 7 Movement of the eroded material. 8 SEDIMENTATION 9 10 EXOGENOUS PROCESS the plates separate EROSION The theory of plate tectonics TRANSPORTATION Deposition of materials in another place EXOGENOUS PROCESSES When two continental plates collide. They are called FOLDS