EARTH’S INTERNAL HEAT

MELCS: Describe where the Earth’s

internal heat comes from

Teacher: Jasmin R. Dela Cruz

EARTH’S INTERNAL HEAT
Reference/s: ADM Module
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Teacher: Jasmin R. Dela Cruz

ENLIGHTEN MY
WORLD!
 The internal heat energy that gradually
gathered together by means of dispersion
in the planet during its few million years
of evolution is called.

Primordial heat
 It is the major contribution of this
internal heat and the energy deposited
during the early formation of a
planet

Accretional energy
 The thermal energy released as a
result of spontaneous nuclear
disintegration .

Radiogenic Heat
 This kind of heat processes happen in
the earth’s surface and it directs the
thermal settings in almost entire solid
portions of the Earth and plays a very
important role
in the lithosphere.
Conduction
 The transfer of heat by the movement
of mass, and it is a more effective mode
of heat transport in the Earth than pure
conduction.

Convection
 It is the least important mode of
heat transport in the Earth.

Radiation
Which of which?
Identify the sources of internal heat.
RH for radiogenic heat and PH for
primordial heat
Presence of different isotopes of heat
producing element in the mantle and
crust.

RH
Internal heat accumulated by
dissipation of planet.

PH
Release of accretional energy.

PH
 Processes involved in mantle
convection.

RH
 Release of thermal energy as a result of
spontaneous nuclear disintegration.

RH
Fill me Up!
Use the word bank to fill in the gaps in
the passage below. Write your
answers on your activity notebook.
Word Bank
Convection Earthquakes
Convection current Plate tectonics
Crust Plates
Earth’s plates Volcanoes
 The surface layer of the earth is called the
crust This layer is broken up into pieces
________.
Plate tectonics
called Earth’s
_______. These ______plates
“float” on the
mantle. Heat rising and falling inside the
convection
mantle creates current called _______. current
convection
The ____ current move the plates
____. This
earthquake
movement is known as ______.
The movement of the earth’s plate
volcanoes
causes earthquakes and ____.
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