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Earth Teacher Talk Earth Standards

Planet Earth

Research the websites provided to answer the questions below.  Use your own paper!

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/sahouck/erc/earth_layers.html

http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm

  1. Name the layers of the Earth in order from the outside to the center of the Earth.
  2. Which layer is the thinnest?
  3. What is the inner most layer of Earth?
  4. What are the two main metals that make up the outer and inner core?
  5. How hot is the inner core?
  6. Where is the mantle?
  7. What is the mantle composed of?
  8. What causes the mantle to "flow"?
  9. Describe the crust.
  10. Name the two types of crust.
  11. Describe what happens to cause an earthquake.
  12. Describe in your own words how the Earth's layers were formed.
  13. Write a simile or metaphor comparing the Earth’s crust to another object.