ACTIVITY TIME!

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Activity 1: Picture Analysis

Directions. Read and analyze the following figures. Answer the questions stated below.

1. Describe where the Earth’s internal heat comes from.

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Figure A. Production of heat within the Earth

over time by radioactive decay of uranium,
thorium, and potassium. Heat production has
Figure B. Cross section of the Earth showing its main divisions and their
decreased over time as the abundance of
approximate contributions to Earth's total internal heat flow to the
radioactive atoms has decreased. © Source:
surface, and the dominant heat transport mechanisms within Earth. ©
Steven Earle (2015) CC BY 4.0 view source,
Arevalo et al. (2009).
modified after Arevalo et al. (2009).

2. Figure A shows the production of internal heat because of radioactive decay. Looking at
the graph, how would you describe the heat production through time in reference to the
radioactivity of Th, U and K isotopes?
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3. Figure B shows the approximate total contribution of heat flow. Looking at the figure,
what heat flow mechanism shows a great dominance among the heat transport
mechanisms?
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Figure E. Metamorphic rocks changes in relations to temperature and pressure. © Lyndsay Hauber & Joyce M.
McBeth
(2018) CC BY 4.0 after Karen Tefend (2015) CC BY-SA 3.0.

4. Describe the changes in mineral components and texture of rocks due to changes in
pressure and temperature. State also the relationship of increasing temperature and
pressure to metamorphic grades.
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Activity 2: Compare and Contrast using Venn Diagram.
Directions: Compare and contrast the formation of the different types of igneous rocks.

Extrusive Igneous rock

Intrusive Igneous Rocks

● Extrusive igneous rock is one that, forms when lava cools on Earths surface.

Intrusiive Igneous rock

● intrusive rock is one that forms when magma cools within Earth.
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Extrusive Igneous Rocks