Warm Up, Sept. 5th, 20131) What do you know about the

Earth’s formation? (minimum 20 words)

2) Explain how you think earthquakes happen.

3) Why might there be earthquakes in California often, but rarely any in North Carolina?

Homework Check- Have Homework on desk. Do not

rip out. Glue in notebook if separate.

Earth’s Layers NotesPicture 1 goes here

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More definitions here.

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Earth’s Layers NotesInner Core* - A ball of hot, solid metals. The pressure is so great that the heat cannot turn the metals into liquid.

Outer Core* - A layer of liquid metals that surround the core.

Outer Core - A layer of liquid metals that surround the core.

Mantle* - Earth’s thickest layer that is made up of hot rocks that are less dense than the metallic core.

Crust*- A thin layer of cooled rock.

Inner Core - A ball of hot, solid metals. The pressure is so great that the heat cannot turn the metals into liquid.

Lithosphere* - A rigid layer of cooler rock in the crust and upper mantleAsthenosphere* - A layer of hotter, softer rock in the upper mantle.

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

Man

tleCrust

Alfred Wegener•Proposed

the idea of continental drift.