What is inside

the Earth?

Earth and Its Many Layers

What is inside the Earth?How do scientists study inside Earth?What forces change the Earth?What landforms make up the Earth?

Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Vonda Burton

What is inside the Earth?Crusttop layer made of rock

Mantlelayer under crust made of rock

Outer Core layer of iron and nickel - hot

Inner Corelayer of iron and nickel - hotter

How do scientists know what is inside of the Earth?

Study waves

1. Ocean waves2. Earthquake waves3. Energy waves

What forces change the Earth?

Glaciers – flow of ice mass over land

Volcanoes – eruption of liquid rock

Earthquakes - movement of earth’s crust

What landforms make up the Earth?

Mountain - is 610 meters above

ground Plain - is wide and flat

Plateau - is combination of mountain and plain

What have we learned?Earth has many layers Earth has forces that cause changeEarth has many landformsEarth is always changing

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