Name: _______________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: _____________
Guided Notes
Slide 1
– Why Earth has layers?
Earth began as a ball of _________________________ which later underwent differentiation.
Denser minerals are pulled to the _______________ because of ________________, and lighter minerals floated to the top to form the ___________________.
Slide - Video
1. State the two element that were around in the young universe.
_________________________________ ______________________________
2. Iron (Fe) and Nickel (Ni) are highly concentrated in which layers of the Earth.
_________________________________ ______________________________
Slide 3 - The Continents and Ocean Floor
Two types of crust:
Continental - __________________ - mostly __________________ rock (_________________)
Oceanic - __________________- mostly _________________ rock (____________________)
Slide 4 - The “Moho” Boundary
The boundary between crust and rigid upper mantle is the ____________________________
________________________________
, or “___________________”
Earthquake waves __________________________ in this layer

Slide 5 - All the Layers of Earth
Layers from shallow to deep:

__________________ (solid)

Mantle (solid)

Outer Core (_____________________)

Inner Core (solid)
Temperature, pressure, and rock density _________________ with _____________________.