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Formation of Earth Practice:

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Formation of Earth Practice:
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𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 (1-7)

  • The cloud of gas and dust grew hot and created the Sun.


  • The spinning cloud flattened like a disk and spread.

  • Leftover debris formed asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets, like Pluto.


  • Near the center of the cloud, clumps formed the inner rocky planets.


  • 1. An explosion of a supernova led to a gravitational collapse of a dense cloud of gas and dust.

  • In the outer regions of the cloud, icy matter and gas formed the giant gas planets.


  • Gravity caused the cloud of gas and dust to spin.


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This theory of the formation of the moon describes how a large body known as "Theia" impacted the early Earth causing a parts to be absorbed and parts to be thrown into orbit creating the moon.

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Put the items in order of:
most dense (at the bottom) to
least dense (at the top).

  1. nut
  2. grape
  3. bottle cap
  4. styrofoam peanut
Density seperated the layers of the Earth. The more dense molten material went closer to the center of the planet.
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The denser the element, the __________ to the center of the Earth it traveled.
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This means that the inner core is likely made from __________ materials.
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INNER CORE: Solid or Liquid?

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OUTER CORE: Solid or liquid?

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Humans can travel around and through the mantle.

LOL! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO THE CORE!
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If the Earth were an apple, what part would the crust be?

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Asthenosphere affects your daily life, because it is what the tectonic plates sit upon.

How does this directly affect your experience on our planet?

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We rely on the Lithosphere the most out of all the Earth's layers. Ex For food, minerals, materials, etc.

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The Earth is in the shape of a(n) _______________________

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Put the layers of the Earth in order.
(As if you were drilling to the center, so from the surface to the middle of the Earth)

  1. Lithosphere (less dense mantle)
  2. Oceanic Crust (more dense crust)
  3. Continential Crust (less dense crust)
  4. Asthenosphere (more dense mantle)
  5. Inner Core
  6. Outer Core
Explain the characteristics and properties of each Earth layer and how they contribute to the overall structure and dynamics of the planet.