Question

1. How does the structure of a hard-boiled egg compare to the crust, mantle, and core structure of Earth? What do the egg's layers represent? What might the cracks represent?

2. How do Earth's layers compare in composition and properties with the egg's layers?

3. Can an egg be used as a satisfactory model for Earth's lithosphere (plates) and asthenosphere, plus the rest of the mantle, and the core? How? (Hint: Look very carefully under the shell could the membrane there represent the asthenosphere?)

4. Overall, is the cracked egg a useful model for Earth? Why or why not?

5. Unlike the eggshell sections, Earth's plates move relative to one another. A plate may move away from another plate, or it may move toward it. Earthquakes often result from interactions between plates. Predict what other consequences might result from plate motion.


6. Of the several possible non-egg models of Earth, which do you feel is most appropriate? Why?

7. Of the several possible nonegg models of Earth, which do you feel is least appropriate? Why?

Answer 1

Answer: for 1 and 2 The inside of the earth is layered something like an egg. Both have a thin, brittle shell. The crust of the earth is broken into pieces, like the cracked shell of a hard boiled egg. The mantle of the earth is like the egg white, and the core of the earth lies in the center, like the egg yolk.

for 3 the shell could also be used because you can crack

for 5 a few things that can happen in the result of plate motion there could be Mt formation or volcano formations.

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Answer 2

2. Earth layers compare in egg layer it is hard on the outside

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