Activity 1 - Earth interior now

Lab 2 – Earth Interior GEOL 1121 Name……………………… Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior Consult the graphs below to fill out the tables (skip boxes with x’s) Density (g/cm 3 ) LOW Density (g/cm 3 ) HIGH Depth (km) SHALLOWEST Depth (km) DEEPEST Pressure (million atm) LOW Pressure (million atm) HIGH Composition (rocks and elements) Core Inner Core 12.7 13.0 5155 6370 3 3.7 Iron & Nickel Outer Core 9.9 12.1 2887 5155 1.5 3.1 Iron & Nickel Mantle Mesosphere 3.3 5.5 700 2887 0.2 1.5 xxxxxxxxxxxx Asthenosphere 70 700 0 0.2 xxxxxxxxxxxx Lower Lithosphere xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx Crust Oceanic Crust 3.0 xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Basalt Continental Crust 2.7 xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Granite Temperature ( O C) LOW Temperature ( O C) HIGH Temperature above or below melting point? Melted, Partially Melted, or Unmelted? Solid, Liquid, or Plastic? Core Inner Core 6,200 6600 Below unmelted solid Outer Core 4965 6200 Above Melted Liquid Mantle Mesosphere 2500 4965 Below Unmelted plastic Asthenosphere 700 2500 Above Partially melted Plastic Lower Lithosphere xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx below Unmelted Solid Crust Oceanic Crust xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx Below Unmelted Solid Continental Crust xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx Below Unmelted Solid