Worksheet Earth Structure
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INTRODUCTION
Our knowledge about the exterior of the earth comes not from excavations and explorations, but from the
study of seismic waves, thrown up by volcanoes and the evidence from the theories of the origin of the earth.
The structure of the Earth is divided into layers. These layers are both physically and chemically different.
The Earth has an outer solid layer called the crust, a highly viscous layer called the mantle, a liquid layer that
is the outer part of the core, called the outer core, and a solid center called the inner core.
A good analogy for teaching about earth's interior is a piece of fruit with a large pit such as a peach or an
apple. Most students are familiar with these fruits and have seen them cut in half. In addition, the sizes of the
features are very similar.
If we cut a piece of peach in half, we will see that it is composed of three parts: 1) a very thin skin, 2) a
seed of significant size located in the center, and 3) most of the mass of the fruit being contained
within the flesh. Cutting the earth we would see: 1) a very thin crust on the outside, 2) a core of
significant size in the center, and 3) most of the mass of the Earth contained in the mantle.
TASK-1- Using the facts and figures given in the textbook on page.no 33, 34 and 35, complete the following
table in your manual.
DATA TABLE
DEPTH NAME OF THE LAYER
0 TO 60 Km
100 TO 500 Km
700 TO 2900 Km
7000 Km ( in diameter)
CHEMICAL COMOPOSITION OF THE EARTH’S CRUST
TASK- 2
Give two points of difference between SIAL and SIMA .
TASK-3
INTERNAL COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH
Referring to the facts and figures given in the textbook (page no 33 to 35) tabulate the following in
your manual as given below. (No.1 example given for your reference)
1. Inner Core & Outer Core
Temperature: 4400°C to 6000°C
State: inner core-solid/outer core-molten
Composition: iron and nickel
2. Lower Mantle
State:
3. Upper Mantle
Temperature:
State:
Composition
4. Crust
Temperature:
State:
Composition
Task- 4
MORE ABOUT LITHOSHERE (CRUST)
GUTENBERG DISCONTINUITY: The boundary between the mantle and the core or the mantle
core interface is known as the Gutenberg discontinuity.
MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY: This discontinuity between the Crust and the Mantle was discovered by a
Yugoslavian scientist Andreaja Mohorovicic in 1909. It is simply known as ‘Moho
Discontinuity’.
List any two differences between Moho Discontin uity and Gutenberg Discontinuity. (Refer page
no.34, 35 of textbook)
MOHO- DISCONTINUITY GUTENBERG- DISCONTINUITY
1) 1)
2) 2)
Task-5
Give a geographical reason in brief for the following;
A) NIFE is so called.
B) The asthenosphere (mantle) is partly molten.
