LESSON 2:

SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL

HEAT
 TODAY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Describe where the Earth’s internal heat

comes from; and

• Identify the sources of the internal heat of the

Earth; and
• Explain the process of the production of internal
heat of Earth.
• Bakit mainit sa loob ng Earth?
(Why is the Earth's interior hot?)
The temperature
rises as you go
deeper into the
Earth.

Image source:
https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/
astronomy/planets/earth/Inside.shtml
Earth’s total
internal heat is
estimated to 44.2
trillion watts!
 It is the driving
force for plate-
tectonic motion,
and for on-going
catastrophic
events such as
earthquakes and
Earth’s internal heat volcanic
provides the energy for our eruptions.
dynamic planet.
THE TWO SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

• PRIMORDIAL HEAT 2. RADIOACTIVE HEAT

THE TWO SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

• PRIMORDIAL HEAT
THE TWO SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

• PRIMORDIAL HEAT
THE TWO SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

• PRIMORDIAL HEAT
THE TWO SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

• PRIMORDIAL HEAT
PRIMORDIAL HEAT
PRIMORDIAL HEAT
PRIMORDIAL HEAT
PRIMORDIAL HEAT
THE TWO SOURCES OF EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

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2. RADIOACTIVE HEAT
DECAY OF LONG-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES
DISTRIBUTION OF EARTH’S INTERNAL HEAT
WHAT IS RADIOACTIVE DECAY?

Image source: https://qsstudy.com/radioactive-decay/

WHAT IS RADIOACTIVE DECAY?

Image source: https://qsstudy.com/radioactive-decay/

 HALF-LIFE

after 4.5 billion

years (1 half-life)

Uranium-238 Thorium-234
HALF-LIFE

after 4.5 billion

years (1 half-life)

Uranium-238 Thorium-234
 RADIOACTIVE/
RADIOGENIC HEAT
TWO MAIN HEAT SOURCES
OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR

PRIMORDIAL
HEAT
RADIOACTIVE/
RADIOGENIC HEAT
 Image source: http://clipart-
library.com/clipart/869942.htm
 CONVECTION
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library.com/clipart/869942.htm
Image source: https://oxscience.com/radiation/
Image source: https://philheron.com/2018/10/26/delving-
into-the-earths-deep-interior-the-future-of-plate-tectonics/
 SUMMARY
Today, you learned that:
• There are two sources of Earth's internal heat:
primordial heat and radioactive heat.

• PRIMORDIAL HEAT is the heat from the accretion and

bombardment of the Earth during its early stages of formation.

• RADIOACTIVE HEAT is the heat generated by long-term

radioactive decay of Uranium-235, Uranium-238, Thorium-232,
and Potassium-40 in Earth's crust and mantle
 CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU ARE NOW DONE WITH
LESSON 2!