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What is the temperature of the 4 layers of the Earth?
The Upper Mantle is much stronger than the asthenosphere at about 500-900°C, and the Lower Mantle is denser and hotter, reaching temperatures over 4,000°C. Finally, the Core is the hottest at about 5,000°C, being the most “gooey” of the layers.
What food can be used to illustrate the layers of Earth?
Ice cream, peanut butter or melted marshmallows with puffed-rice cereal can all work for the mantle layer of your project. Push a hard candy representing both the inner core and outer core into a ball of ice cream, or spoon a layer of ice cream into a clear plastic cup over the top of the inner and outer core.
What is the correct order of the layers from hottest to coolest?
The Earth’s layers from coolest to hottest are: crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.
What is the temperature of the crust mantle and core?
The temperature of the mantle varies greatly, from 1000° Celsius (1832° Fahrenheit) near its boundary with the crust, to 3700° Celsius (6692° Fahrenheit) near its boundary with the core.
What fruit can represent Earth?
kiwi fruit
The Earth is made up of four layers. It might help to imagine the Earth as a kiwi fruit. The outer layer is the Earth’s crust (represented by the kiwi’s skin).
What fruit can model Earth’s structure?
The peach/plum will serve as the model for examining the Earth’s interior. Have students handle the globe, touching the surface, and tell them that the surface of the Earth that we can touch and see on the outside is called the “crust”.
What is the temp of the mantle?
The temperature of the mantle varies greatly, from 1000° Celsius (1832° Fahrenheit) near its boundary with the crust, to 3700° Celsius (6692° Fahrenheit) near its boundary with the core. In the mantle, heat and pressure generally increase with depth.
What are the temperature of the inner and outer core?
The Inner and Outer Core
| Inner Core | Outer Core |
|---|---|
| solid | liquid |
| made of solid metals | made of liquid metals |
| temperature as high as 9,000° F (4,982° C) | temperatures range from 4,000 to 9,000° F (2,204 to 4,982° C) |
| depth: about 3,200 to 3,900 miles (5,150 to 6,276 km) | depth: about 1,800 to 3,200 miles (2,897 to 5,150 km) |
Is Earth like an orange?
Answer: Shape of the earth is similar to Orange but not similar to the Football because the earth is flattened at t its poles like the Orange.
Why is the Earth like a peach?
The Earth is like a peach. The Earth is round. Compared to the total diameter of the Earth, mountains and seas are like the fuzzy skin of a peach. unlike the actual top layer of the Earth which is broken into pieces.