The Earth’s

Interior

Lesson 4
• Review the Internal
Structure of the Earth.
• Relate the Earth’s structure
to the movement of the
plates.

Learning Targets
Layers of the Earth
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core

The Earth’s Interior

 How did we got the
information about the
interior structure of
the Earth?

The Earth’s Interior

• X-ray
• Ultrasound
• CT-Scan
• MRI

The Earth’s Interior

Internal Structure of the Earth
Internal Structure of the Earth
• slower • fastest type of
• does not wave
travel in • can penetrate
liquid through solids
medium and liquids.

Use of Seismic Waves

 1.Thin Crust
2.Semi-fluid Mantle
where density
increases with
depth
3.Core with liquid
outer part and a
solid inner part

Use of Seismic Waves

Internal Structure of the Earth
 Solid Upper
Mantle
Mohorovicic
Discontinuity

Crust
 Upper Mantle
Dense and tough Rocks

Lower Mantle
Thick, partially melted
Rocks

Gutenberg Discontinuity

Mantle
 Inner Core
Solid State

Outer Core
Liquid State

Lehmann Discontinuity

The Core
 Causes of Plate
Movement

Lesson 5

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