Voyage to the Center of Earth
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Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: ____________ Essential Question: What are the characteristics of the layers of the Earth? Materials: Register Tape Colored pencils pencil meter stick ruler textbook Directions: You are going to take an imaginary trip through the center of the Earth. As you tunnel through the Earth, you will record the layers on a piece of register tape. 1. Fill out the chart below. You must find the correct measurement of each layer based on a scale of 1cm=100km. Layer Makeup of Layer Thickness Continental Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Scale in cm 65 km 2900 km 2100 km 1390 km Color Green Yellow Red Blue YOU HAVE REACHED THE CENTER OF THE EARTH! NOW YOU MUST TUNNEL OUT! Layer Makeup of Layer Thickness Inner Core Outer Core Mantle Oceanic Crust 2. 3. 4. Scale in cm 1390 km 2100 km 2900 km 10 km Color Blue Red Yellow Green Now measure out each of the layers using the metric stick and the ruler. On each section, make sure you label the layer with its NAME, MAKEUP, THICKNESS, AND TEMPERATURE in pencil or pen. Color the layers with the correct color. Write your name on the back of your register tape and turn it in. Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: ____________ Essential Question: What are the characteristics of the layers of the Earth? Materials: Register Tape Colored pencils pencil meter stick ruler textbook Directions: You are going to take an imaginary trip through the center of the Earth. As you tunnel through the Earth, you will record the layers on a piece of register tape. 1. Fill out the chart below. You must find the correct measurement of each layer based on a scale of 1cm=100km. Layer Makeup of Layer Continental Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Thickness Scale in cm 65 km 2900 km 2100 km 1390 km Color Green Yellow Red Blue YOU HAVE REACHED THE CENTER OF THE EARTH! NOW YOU MUST TUNNEL OUT! Layer Inner Core Outer Core Mantle Oceanic Crust 2. 3. 4. Makeup of Layer Thickness 1390 km 2100 km 2900 km 10 km Scale in cm Color Blue Red Yellow Green Now measure out each of the layers using the metric stick and the ruler. On each section, make sure you label the layer with its NAME, MAKEUP, THICKNESS, AND TEMPERATURE in pencil or pen. Color the layers with the correct color. Write your name on the back of your register tape and turn it in.
