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Earth’s Composition Lesson 1: Layers of the Earth SC.7.E.6.1 • Student will be able to describe the different layers of the earth. Earth is like a peach!! • Skin of the peach is the crust • Meat of the peach is the mantle • Pit of the peach is the core Layers of the EARTH CRUST State of Matter: Solid Composition: Silicon & Oxygen Density: Less than all 3.9g/cm3 Distance below surface: Outer surface Thickness: Thinnest layer MANTLE State of Matter: Solid Composition: Magnesium & iron silicates Density: 3.9g/cm3 Distance below surface: 670-2900km Thickness: Thick INNER CORE State of Matter: Solid Composition: Iron Density: 13.0g/cm3 Distance below surface: 6,370km Thickness: Thickest layer Because of it’s density OUTER CORE State of Matter: Liquid Composition: Iron Density: 11.1g/cm3 Distance below surface: 5,150km Thickness: Thick fluid like Material. Crust • Brittle rocky outer layer of the Earth. • Thinnest of the layers • The least dense • Made of: Silicon & Iron • Layer where we live!!!! 2 Parts • Continental Crust • Oceanic Crust Mantle • Thick middle layer in the solid part of the Earth • Immediately below the crust • Convection currents in the mantle cause the plates above to move • Made of magnesium 2 Parts • Upper Mantle • Lower Mantle BONUS FACTS: 2900 km below earth’s surface (7,250 laps around 400 meter track) Inside the Mantle Lithosphere • The crust and part of the upper mantle = lithosphere • Less dense than the material below it so it “floats” Asthenosphere • The plastic layer (easily flowing) inside the mantle • The lithosphere float on top of the asthenosphere =PLATE TECTONICS Outer Core • Made of a thick fluid like LIQUID iron • Directly below the mantle BONUS FACTS 5,150 km below earth’s surface (12,875 laps around a 400 meter track) Inner Core Liquid Iron Solid IRON Liquid Iron • Spinning SOLID ball made of iron and nickel • Layer with the most density BONUS FACTS 6,370 km below earth’s surface (15,925 laps around a 400 meter track)