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*The Composition of

the Earth‘s Interior


Lerma T. Salas
SST-III
Crust and its two Regions
The Crust
• The crust is the thinnest and the outermost
layer of the Earth that extends from the
surface to about 32 kilometers below.
• Underneath some mountain, the crust’s
thickness extends to 72 kilometers.

Two Regions:
 Continental crust
 Oceanic crust
The Continental Crust
• Is mainly made up of silicon,
oxygen,aluminum,calcium,sodium,and
potassium.
• The thickness of the continental crust is
mostly 35-40 kilometers.
• Continental crust, found under land
masses, is the made of less dense rock
such as granite.
The Oceanic Crust
• Is around 7-10 kilometers thick which
its average thickness is 8 kilometers.
• It is found under the ocean floor and
its made of denserocks such basalt.
• Is heavier than the continental crust.
ELEMENTS PERCENTAGE
Oxygen 46.60
Silicon 27.72
Aluminum 8.13
Iron 5.00
Calcium 3.63
Sodium 2.83
Potassium 2.59
Magnesium 2.09
Titanium 0.40
Hydrogen 0.14
The Mantle
•Is mainly made up of silicate
rocks, and contrary to
common belief, is solid, since
both S-waves and P-waves
pass through it.
The Mantle
•The attempt to study the
Earth’s mantle extended as
far as studying the rocks
from volcanoes, simply
because they were formed in
the mantle.
The Mantle
•Scientist also studied rocks from
the ocean floor .They
determined that the mantle is
mostly made up of the elements
silicon, oxygen,iron and
magnesium.
The Core
The Core
•The core is subdivided into two
layers : the inner and outer core.
•The outer core is 2900 kilometres
below the Earth’s surface.
•It is 2250 kilometers thick and is
made up of iron and nickel.
The Core
•The temp. in the outer core reaches up to
2000 celcius at this very high temp. ,iron and
nickel melt.
•Aside from seismic data analysis, the Earth’s
magnetic field strengthens the idea that the
Earth’s outer core is molten/liquid.
•The outer core is mainly made up of iron and
nickel moving around the solid inner core,
creating Earth’s magnetism.
•The inner core is made up of
solid iron and nickel and has
a radius of 1300 kilometers.
•Its temp. reaches to about
5000 celcius.
•The extreme temp. could have
molten the iron and nickel but it
is believed to have solidified as
a result of pressure freezing,
which is common to liquids
subjected under tremendous
pressure.
*ACTIVITY TIME

ACTIVITY 2: Our
Dynamic Earth
*THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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