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INSIDE THE EARTH

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Question 1.
Have you ever wondered what lies in the interior of the earth?
What is the earth made up of?
Ans.

● Yes.
● The interior has three major layers of rocks of
different densities.
● The earth is made up of rocks.

Question 2.
Describe the interior of the earth.
Answer:
Interior of the Earth:

The earth is made up of several concentric layers with one


inside another, just like an onion.

Crust:The uppermost layer on the earth’s surface is called the


crust.

● It is the thinnest of all the layers.


● It is about 35 km, thick on the continental masses
and only 5 km thick on the ocean floors.
● Main minerals constituent of the continental mass
are silica and alumina.
● It is thus called sial (si – silica and al – alumina).

● The oceanic crust mainly consists of silica and


magnesium.
● It is therefore called sima (si – silica and ma –
magnesium).
Mantle

● Just beneath the crust is the mantle.


● It extends up to a depth of 2900 km below the crust.

Core

● The innermost layer is the core with a radius of about


3500 km.
● It is mainly made up of nickel and iron.
● Hence it is called nife (ni—nickel and fe—ferrous i.e.,
iron).
● The central core has very high temperature and
pressure.

Rocks and Minerals

Question 1.
What is earth’s crust made up of?
Answer:
Earth’s crust is made up of different type of rocks. Rock is a
natural mass of mineral matter. It is of different sizes, colours
and texture and shapes. Earth is made up of sedimentary,
igneous or metamorphic rocks.

Question 2.
Describe igneous rocks.
Ans.
Igneous Rocks

The molten rock material is called magma.

● When it cools, it becomes solid.


● Rocks formed in this way are called igneous rocks.
● They are also called primary rocks because other
rocks are formed out of these rocks.

There are two types of igneous rocks.

● Intrusive Rocks and


● Extrusive Rocks

Formation of Extrusive and Intrusive Rocks:


● Due to extreme heat in the interior of the earth, rocks
are found in the form of molten material called
magma.
● When magma comes out on the surface of the earth,
it cools down and turns into solid rocks. Such rocks
are termed as extrusive rocks.

Examples:

● Basalt.
● Deccan Trap is built of basalt.

When the molten magma cools down within the interior of the
earth, it becomes solid to form intrusive rocks.
Examples:

● Granite
● Garbo

Question 3.
What is lava?
Answer:
Lava is the hot red magma coming out from the interior of the
earth to the surface. It cools down and become solid.

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