How our Earth and solar system were formed

Everything You Need to Know

About Planet Earth

Earthquake Video: National Geographic Earthquakes 101

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html

Click on “Start your exploration into Earth’s Stucture”

 Earth’s Structure:

1. What is the thickness, in miles, of the following layers:

a) Crust: _______________ under oceans & __________ thick under continents.

b) Mantle: ______________

c) Outer Core: ____________

d) Inner Core: _____________

2. Label the diagram of Earth to the right

3. Describe the Lithosphere:

4. Describe the Asthenosphere:

http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module06swf.swf

Virtual Earthquake Interactives http://www.sciencecourseware.com/virtualearthquake/VQuakeExecute.html

https://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Earth Structure Animation http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module06swf.swf

Other Resources:

Earthquake Wave Interactive http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/seismic/index.htm

Make a Quake http://www.cosmeo.com/braingames/makeaquake/index.cfm?title=Make%20a%20Quake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/?region=Ohio

http://www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/html/geo_f03/tabid/8307/Default.aspx

Natural Gas Exploration and Seismology

http://naturalgas.org/naturalgas/exploration/

http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/TAD/education/BGBB/5/techniques.html

http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/what-we-do/finding-oil-and-gas/the-science-of-searching.html