Download Table 7.1. Worksheet for Modeling Earth’s Dimensions Activity

TSI Aquatic Module 1 Physical
Unit 7: Ocean Floor
Table 7.1. Worksheet for Modeling Earth’s Dimensions Activity
Average
Actual layer
Actual radius from Radius on diagram
density of
thickness
center of Earth to top from the center to the
Layer of the
each layer
(km)
of layer (km)
top of the layer (mm)
Earth
(g/cm3)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
Inner core
11.5
1220
Outer core
9
2270
Mantle
4.5
2860
Crust*
2.9
21*
1220
*The thickness of the crust varies considerably. This is an average thickness.
Oceanic crust is thinner than continental crust.
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