Earth’s Layers and movements Alicia Littlejohn EDU – 225 Instructor Clark January 17, 2015

What is inside the Earth? There is 4 distinctive layers to the Earth. Inner Core – A solid ball made of mostly Iron and Nickel and is nearly as hot as the Sun. Outer Core – It is a liquid layer made out of Magma and helps create the magnetic field. Mantle – The layer between the Outer Core and the Earth’s crust, consisting of hot rocks Crust – The outermost layer of the Earth’s surface

Continental Drift Theory Pangea The movement in the earth’s continents Magma The Breakup of Pangea (1997) Encyclopedia Britannica (2015) Super - Continent Magma forms in the lower part of the Earth’s crust and in the Mantle layer of the Earth. Magma is a hot semi-solid material that consists of molten rock.

Earthquakes: The shaking of the ground, or movement of faults and plates A break in the Earth’s Surface Discover (2014) Tectonic Plates: Tectonic plates that glide over the mantle layer of the Earth, which can cause movement in the surface, that can cause earthquakes

Match the Vocabulary Fault Mantle A solid ball, as hot as the Sun Inner Core Tectonic Plates Magma Continental Drift Theory Crust Pangea Outer Core Earthquake A solid ball, as hot as the Sun Plates that glide over the Earth, causing movement A break in the Earth’s surface Hot semi-solid material that consists of molten rock. The outermost layer of the Earth’s surface A liquid layer made out of magma Super-Continent A Shaking of the ground The movement in the Earth’s continents Layer of Earth that consists of hot rock

Earth’s Diagram Materials needed: Instructions Coloring utensils, IE; crayons, markers, chalk etc. Scissors Construction Paper Tape or glue Create a diagram of the Earth and it’s layers. You can draw, or create a 3D paper diagram Grading will include the following: Creativeness Showing all the layers of the Earth Demonstrating all of the Vocabulary Words

Example Roseville High School (2015)

Homework to be turned in Vocabulary Match Earth’s Diagram

References The Breakup of Pangea: The North America-African Connection (1997). Retrieved January 17, 2015, from http://www.rci.Rutgers.edu/~schlisch/103web/Pangeabreakup/breakupfra me.html Discover (2014). Retrieved January 2015, from http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/12-what-happens-to-ground-at- fault-line Encyclopedia Britannica (2015). Retrieved January 17, 2015, from http://www.Britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/463912/plate+tectonics/261 566/Past-plate-movement Roseville High School (2015). Retrieved January 17, 2015, from http://wikifuller.wikispaces.com/PROJECT+PLATE+TECTONICS