https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk What's inside the Earth? en-us 2022-01-27 02:12:20 UTC 2024-07-25 23:37:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30e.png maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014882647 When you look at a picture of our tiny blue dot, it’s hard to imagine layers of molten rock beneath the surface. The Earth is composed of 4 distinct layers: Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, and Outer Core.]]> 2022-01-27 02:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014882647 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014884604 Thankfully, the Inner Earth does not hold any advanced civilizations or creatures trying to flee from hell.]]> 2022-01-27 02:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014884604 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014885691 The Earth's Crust is split into the Continental Crust and The Oceanic Crust, which are both made of Tectonic Plates that fit together like puzzle pieces.]]> 2022-01-27 02:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014885691 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014887823 About eighteen miles down, you will find a thick layer of silicates, called the Mantle. The mantle is made of hard rock although most people believe it is composed of magma.]]> 2022-01-27 02:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014887823 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014889694 Below the Mantle, the core is split into two parts: the inner core and the outer core. It is a large circular mass that is only slightly smaller than Earth’s Moon.]]> 2022-01-27 02:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014889694 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014893915 Movement and heat from below can cause these plates to shift, which can cause natural disasters like Volcanoes and Earthquakes on Earth’s continental crust.]]> 2022-01-27 02:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014893915 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014895256 The outer core is a molten lake of iron and nickel that creates Earth’s magnetic field, while the inner core is a solid version of iron and nickel that serves as Earth’s geologic midpoint.]]> 2022-01-27 02:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014895256 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014899199 Since Geoscientists have never been inside the earth to see this for themselves, this research has been conducted using Seismic waves, computer modeling, and analysis of meteorites. ]]> 2022-01-27 02:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014899199 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014900230 On the Oceanic crust, seafloor spreading and subduction zones can be seen forming due to plate collision and separation. ]]> 2022-01-27 02:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014900230 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014901614 The contents of the planet we live on prove it to be a dynamic and ever-changing floating rock that we so casually call home. ]]> 2022-01-27 02:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014901614 maiziemill https://padlet.com/maiziemill/hqfg8rvfel8b0vk/wish/2014906219 Tectonic plates are constantly in motion, at the same rate a human fingernail grows, which gives reason to believe the landscape of the Crust will continue evolving right before our eyes. 

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