* Directions: Use your notes and textbook to help you with this assignment. “The Earth’s Layers” Cut & Paste Activity 1. Color the four layers of the Earth using key below:
Inner Core---(red)
Outer Core---(red-orange)
Lower Mantle---(orange)
Middle Mantle---(light orange)
2.
3.
3.
4.
Upper Mantle---(yellow)
Oceanic Crust---(dark brown)
Continental Crust---(light brown)
Ocean---(blue)
Fill out the small squares & labels with the information for each of the main layers of the Earth.
Describe the depth of each layer below the surface (in kilometers).
Describe the “texture” and “composition” of each layer in detail.
Now go back and include additional information about each layer of the Earth. Make sure
you have at least:
--4 facts about the crust
---1 fact about the outer core
---3 facts about the mantle
---1 fact about the inner core
---Explain “How do convection currents work?”
---Explain “Why is the inner core solid?
* Directions: Use your notes and textbook to help you with this assignment. “The Earth’s Layers” Cut & Paste Activity 1. Color the four layers of the Earth using key below:
Inner Core---(red)
Outer Core---(red-orange)
Lower Mantle---(orange)
Middle Mantle---(light orange)
2.
3.
3.
4.
Upper Mantle---(yellow)
Oceanic Crust---(dark brown)
Continental Crust---(light brown)
Ocean---(blue)
Fill out the small squares & labels with the information for each of the main layers of the Earth.
Describe the depth of each layer below the surface (in kilometers).
Describe the “texture” and “composition” of each layer in detail.
Now go back and include additional information about each layer of the Earth. Make sure
you have at least:
--4 facts about the crust
---1 fact about the outer core
---3 facts about the mantle
---1 fact about the inner core
---Explain “How do convection currents work?”
---Explain “Why is the inner core solid?