Inside the Earth Webquest

Inside the Earth WebQuest
Name _______________________________ Period ____

Introduction:
Choose a minimum of two of the assigned websites to explore. Record the address of the website on your paper. Next, evaluate each website using the following items to guide you:
1. Write a summary using the information you found on the site. Include information about the earth’s layers, density, composition, and temperature.
2. Explain why we have not been able to explore the earth’s layers by drilling through the crust.
3. Would you recommend this site to your classmates? Why or why not? Do you think the information on this site is accurate? Why or why not? Who wrote the information on the website?

Websites:

USGS Inside the Earth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/inside.html

Geo Globe
http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/

Earthquakes Inside the Earth
http://thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/inside/

Savage Earth
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/hellscrust/main.html

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Interior_Structure/interior.html&edu=elem

Earth’s Structure

http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~ll125/en/struct.htm


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