Internal Land Forming Processes: Earth Structure, Volcanoes and Faulting
Grade 9 · Social Studies · Natural and Historic Built Environments (Internal Land Forming Processes)
Earth's layers: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. Plates move slowly and cause earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains. Folding makes fold mountains. Faulting makes block mountains and rift valleys; the Great Rift Valley crosses Kenya. Volcanic mountains in Kenya: Mt. Kenya (extinct), Mt. Longonot (dormant), Mt. Elgon (extinct).