Download The Earth`s Interior Guided Cornell Notes Questions

The Earth’s Interior Structure Guided Cornell Notes Questions, pp. G89-G93
*)Define density.
*)Write the equation for Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation.
What is the average density of the Earth?
What is the average density of surface rocks?
Copy the following columns from Figure X and make a two column table with (layer,
density)
Which layer is the least dense?
Which layer is the densest?
*)List the 4 main layers of the Earth.
*)Define core.
What element composes the inner core?
Why is the inner core solid?
Why is the outer core liquid?
Of the 4 layers of the Earth, which contains most if the Earth’s mass?
What composes the mantle?
How can the mantle deform?
Describe the crust.
*)What happens with the temperature of the Earth as depth into the Earth increases?
Where can the increase in temperature of the Earth be observed?
*)What are the Earth’s 3 sources of internal heat?
*)What drives the movement of the Earth’s crust and mantle.
What affects the density of materials?
The ratio of what to what makes density drop?
*)Define thermal convection.
*)Illustrate Figure 3.
What is the hypothesis of mantle convection.
What role do geoscientists think that the downward slope at either side of the mid-ocean
ridge play in plate movements.
Objective:
Understand the causes of the movement of lithospheric plates.