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Layers of the Earth Layers

Earth’s Interior Crust Mantle Core Earth’s interior consists of three major zones. Each is defined by its chemical composition: Crust Mantle Core

The Crust Continental Crust 8-75 km thick (avg. 40 km)—thick! Where we live—solid rock Composition: Composed of Granitic Rock Thickness: Ranges from 5-75 km thick Continental Crust 8-75 km thick (avg. 40 km)—thick! consists of mostly granitic rocks. Oceanic Crust Roughly 7 km thick---thin! Consists of mostly basalt and gabbro

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The Mantle: Composition: Mainly Silicon and Oxygen Thickness: 2890 km Solid, rocky shell that sometimes acts like a liquid, plastic-like--flows. 82% of earth’s volume Upper Mantle and Lower mantle

Upper Mantle and Lower Mantle Upper Mantle is a firm solid-like structure Lower Mantle has hot rock that gradually flows and moves

How does the mantle move? It’s called Convection! Hot mantle rises from core to crust, cools off and then sinks

The Cores: Composed of Inner and Outer Cores Similar in composition to metallic meteorites. Temperature 5000-7000° C

Outer core: liquid layer 2260 km thick. This layer is thought to generate the Earth’s magnetic field. Inner core: solid sphere with a radius of 1220 km. Despite high temperature, this area is solid because of the intense pressure.

Layers: Lithosphere: the crust and upper portion of the mantle (solid part). Around 100km thick. Asthenosphere: also part of the upper mantle. Temperature and pressure cause the rocks to easily deform (like hot wax or silly putty).

Temperature and pressure increases as you go further down the layers. If we can’t see inside, how do scientists know?

Seismic Waves: Vibrations that travel through the earth. Vibrations are caused by earthquakes. 2 main types: P waves and S waves. S waves won’t pass through liquid. Mohorovicic discontinuity: area between crust and mantle where the velocity of seismic waves increases abruptly.

Interesting facts: Density=mass/volume Density of the earth=5.5 g/cm3 Neither the sun’s heat nor winter cold penetrates the Earth below 20 meters. At 20 m and above, the temperature is relatively the same as the surface temperature (except where there are volcanoes and hot springs). Below 20m, the temperature increases 1° every 40 m.

True or False? Temperature and pressure decrease as you go farther down into the layers of the earth. Seismic waves are vibrations that travel through the earth. They are caused by earthquakes.