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Aim: What makes up the earth?
Objective: Identify and label the
various vocabulary words
Vocabulary
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Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Core
Crust
Mantle
Poles
Equator
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Africa
Asia
India
China
North America
South America
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
What is a sphere
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Perfectly round 3-d object: soccer ball
Is the earth a perfect sphere
NO
The earth is slightly flattened at the pole
Slight bulged at the equator
What is this?
What is the red line line?
What continent is this?
What continent is this?
What continent is this?
What continent is this?
What continent is this?
What continent is this?
What continent is this?
What area is this?
What area is this?
The Earth has three primary
regions
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere: solid parts of the earth
Mountains
Valleys:
Surface
under the
ocean
Lithosphere: solid parts of the earth
Hydrosphere: liquid parts of the
earth
Oceans
Lakes
Rivers
Glaciers
Atmosphere: air, gasses, and (immediate)
space surrounding the earth
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Dioxide
Water
Vapor
You could include the Biosphere
Which is
the
interactions
of all of the
other
spheres
The Earth has layers
The Earth has layers
The inner core is theorized to be
solid.
The outer core is liquid
The mantle is almost 2900 kilometers thick and
comprises about 83 % of the Earth's volume. It is
composed of several different layers.
The top most part of the earth is the crust.
The crust is cooler in
temperature than the
mantle or the core.
The crust is rigid and
brittle.
Two types of crust:
oceanic and
continental