DEFORMATION OF THE EARTH’S CRUST

IF YOU DIG DOWN ALL THE

WAY INTO THE CENTER OF
THE EARTH, WHAT WOULD
YOU SEE?
 IN A ONE WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER, SKETCH
YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT THE INTERIOR OF THE
EARTH LOOKS LIKE WITHIN 10 MINUTES.
• INCLUDE AND LABEL THE FOLLOWING:
• CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MATERIALS (TEMPERATURE, COMPOSITION, AND
PHYSICAL STATE)
• BOUNDARIES BETWEEN REGIONS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIALS
• CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE AS YOU GO DEEPER INTO THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH (CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND DENSITY)
 PRESENT YOUR DIAGRAMS AND
DESCRIPTIONS IN FRONT OF THE CLASS.
DEFORMATION OF THE EARTH’S CRUST: THE
INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
Crust

Mantle

Outer core

Inner core
 CRUST
• THIN, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE
EARTH MADE UP OF TWO DIFFERENT
TYPES, NAMELY CONTINENTAL
CRUST AND OCEANIC CRUST
 MANTLE
•MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH
BETWEEN THE CRUST AND THE
CORE WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT
83% OF EARTH’S INTERIOR
 CORE
•
INNERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH;
OUTER CORE IS IN A LIQUID STATE,
WHEREAS INNER CORE IS IN A
SOLID STATE
 LITHOSPHERE
• RIGID OUTER LAYER OF THE
EARTH WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE
BRITTLE CRUST AND THE UPPER
MANTLE
 MESOSPHERE
• LAYER OF WEAK, DUCTILE
ROCK IN THE MANTLE SITUATED
BELOW THE LITHOSPHERE
 MOHO
•BOUNDARY SEPARATING
THE CRUST AND THE
MANTLE
 SEISMIC WAVES
•
AN ELASTIC SHOCK WAVE THAT
TRAVELS OUTWARD IN ALL
DIRECTIONS FROM AN
EARTHQUAKE SOURCE
 CONVECTION
• TRANSFER OF HEAT BY MASS
MOVEMENT OR CIRCULATION
OF A SUBSTANCE
PLATE TECTONICS
• THEORY WHICH PROPOSES THAT THE
CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE OF THE EARTH
ARE COMPOSED OF SEVERAL LARGE, THIN,
AND RELATIVELY RIGID PLATES THAT
MOVE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER
PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING TOMORROW

• PENCIL, CRAYONS, COMPASS AND

DRAWING PAPER