Earth's Layers Online Activity
Use the links provided to develop your answers to the questions. 1. The planet we call Earth has how many layers? ____________ Write them in order from the center to the outside of the planet.
2. Use this diagram to answer these questions: (What's inside the earth?) Name the thickest layer ...
Name the thinnest layer ... Write as a fraction the relationship of the thinnest layer to the thickest layer.
Calculated to challenge. Perhaps you have imagined
digging a tunnel through the earth that comes out the other side.
3. Write 4 facts about the Earth's Crust. a.
b.
c.
d. 4. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle together make up a zone of rigid, brittle rock called the ...
5. Write three facts about the Mantle. a.
b.
c.
6. What are the Convection Currents?
7. Name two metals found in the Outer Core.
The border between the Outer core and the Inner Core is how many miles beneath the crust?
8. The Inner core is under so much pressure it does not move like a liquid, it ... Write the temperature of the center of the Earth.
9. A scientist who studies rocks is called a ... What does a Geomorphologist study?
10. Here is a list of the 8 most common elements in the earth's crust. Oxygen, Magnesium, Iron, Silicon, Aluminum, Potassium, Sodium and Calcium. Use your research skills to find out how abundant each one is in the crust. Write the amount by percentage. Example Oxygen - 47% Portion of the crust. List them in some order, you decide what order to use. Yes, you may use their element symbol to list them, rather than write out the name.
Select one of the elements in the list.
11. Describe the evidence scientists have that the Earth's tectonic plates are moving.
12. How do scientists use maps to study the earth? USGS Global Crustal Database
Dig deeper: Plate Tectonics study unit | Explore Plates on the Move at Oology Last Extinction - Nova Science video. Discover what scientists have considered based on layers in the earth. How does the lithosphere interact with or impact one of these: Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere? Science - Observation Skill Builders > 44 projects | Scientists study Earth's missing crust For Fun - Learn the Layers of the Earth song from educational rap music site. The $1 billion mission to reach the Earth's mantle - CNN Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind - Siting a Wind Farm project "The fascination of any search after the truth lies not in the attainment...but in the pursuit,
Developed and Posted by Cindy O'Hora, 10/2004 updated 10/2013
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