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8.3+.4Earthquake Hazards and Layers of the Earth
List the 3 layers of the earth based on
chemical composition
List the 5 layers of the earth based on t-i1~ ~re-r fM/vi n~ 9f}-we
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L{h'll,I 1 o-u~ ote,,
physical properties ie,.-
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What is it in the outer core that generates
earth's magnetic field
What is the boundary between mantle and
crust? JV) Ohc)
What evidence led scientists to conclude that
earth's outer core layer is liquid?
(Draw illustration of P and S waves traveling
through earth on back of page)
What is causing the path of the seismic
waves to bend? (Waves traveling through
mediums with different densities.)
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What are the ground vibrations caused by
seismic waves?
What is saturated soil that is no longer
stable?
What is a mass movement of soil and debris?
What is a wave formed when the ocean floor
shifts?
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C h .J p ler 8 (:;irlhquak es and Earth's Interior
Section 8.4
This sect io11 desc rives En rth's lnyers nnd their compos ition.
Earth's Layered
Reading strategy . Structure
1. ;\fl er you read , comp_letc the sequence of layers m
~equ ~n_c :,:~;or. For more informa tion on th is Read ing Strategy, see the
Earth
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ad i11s k in the Skills and Reference Handbook at
tI1e e,1d Of Your· tex t oo .
Earth's Internal Structure
lithosphere
outer core
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Layers Defined by Composition
1. Use the figure of Earth's structure to write the letter(s) that
represents each of the following layers.
mantle -~Q
_______
continental crust -=--------
oceanic crust --fl, _______
core ________
350--70" ,r
Enrth Scie11ce Guided
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Name _______ ___ Class ___ _ ___ Date ____
Chapter 8 Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
layers Defined by Physical Properties
2. Use the figure ofEarth's structure on the previous page to write
\he \etter \hat represents each of the following layers.
mner core - - -~""-7- - - -
asthenosphere _ . Q . ,_____
outer core _ _ _...____ __
lithosphere - - -'-
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Mntc/1 each descriptio11 with its Enrt/z layer.
Description
Earth Layer
CL 3. soft, weak rock near
asthenosphere
its melting point
\ inner core
4. liquid iron-nickel alloy that
1 generates Earth's magnetic field \ · outer core
---1l:::---s. cool, rigid crust and lithosphere
uppermost man tle
6. solid iron-nickel alloy
Discovering Earth's Layers
7. The boundary called the JV1 ~v}-1-\f;
from the mantle. separates the crust
8. Is the following sentence true or false? Geologists concluded that
the ou,ter core was liquid because P waves could not travel through
it. ~\7~/
9. Why do P waves bend, when th~ travel into V1e [Link] ~ 11\IRe CA-
mantle? \;)e,:,(\~ \i~,UI:~ DWbl~ ,rte,: C01.J:. 1
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Discovering Earth's Composition
Match each composition with its Earth layer.
. Composition Earth Layer
10. basaltic rock 'l!.,. continental crust
ll. granitic rock oceanic crust
12. similar to stony meteorites ~ - core
13. similar to metallic meteorites ' mantle
'l'J\,~,~\~v;l that collide with Earth provide evidence of
14. --1_.:.,.c:..-=-==-----
Earth's inner composition.
15. Is the following sentence true or false? Until the late 1960s, .
scientists had only seismic evidence the.f could use to determme
the composition of oceanic crust. ---'-1-1-1C_..I:,,,:/_ _ __
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Some light is reflected
instead of refracte due to
oiiiie
the density water
Refraction es w aver
travel through rr1ediums~ ~,tC....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
,of diftemnt density '
reflection and retraction observed
with light and this 11sh tank Also
occur wiltl earthqual<es waves end
lhll layers Of the earth
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m Reflection when the energy bounces off
me surfaoo
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