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    1. Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat remaining from its formation, radioactive decay of elements in the core, and gravitational pressure compressing the core. 2. Heat rises from the core through convection and conduction, melting mantle rock to form magma. 3. Magma originates deep in the crust and upper mantle as heat causes rock to melt and intrude upwards through decompression melting.

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    1. Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat remaining from its formation, radioactive decay of elements in the core, and gravitational pressure compressing the core. 2. Heat rises from the core through convection and conduction, melting mantle rock to form magma. 3. Magma originates deep in the crust and upper mantle as heat causes rock to melt and intrude upwards through decompression melting.

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    1. Earth's internal heat comes from primordial heat remaining from its formation, radioactive decay of elements in the core, and gravitational pressure compressing the core. 2. Heat rises from the core through convection and conduction, melting mantle rock to form magma. 3. Magma originates deep in the crust and upper mantle as heat causes rock to melt and intrude upwards through decompression melting.

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    EARTH’S

    INTERIOR AND
    ITS
    MECHANISMS
    Lesson 1 - Heat in Earth’s Interior
    •At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:

    1. Identify the sources of Earth’s internal heat


    2. Describe the different processes responsible for the transfer of
    heat
    3. Explain the different conditions required in the generation of
    magma
    Guide Questions:

    1. Where does the magma come from?


    2. How does internal structure of Earth produce magma?
    3. What can you infer on the Earth’s internal
    temperature?
    Magma
    - originates in the lower part of the Earth’s crust and in
    the upper portion of the mantle
    -is formed is through heat transfer in which liquid rock
    intrudes into Earth’s crust.
    -as it solidifies, it loses and transfer heat to its
    surrounding rocks causing to melt which then formed into
    magma.
    - is through decompression melting which involves
    the upward movement of mantle.
    -when the hot material rises to an area of lower
    concentration it reduces the overlying pressure that
    enables the mantle rock to melt and form magma.
    MAGMA FORMATION
    Earth’s Internal Heat Source
     1. Primordial heat of the planet remains from its
    early stage.
     2. Heat from the decay of radioactive elements.
     3. Gravitational pressure
     4. Dense core material in the center of the planet.
    1. Primordial heat of the planet remains from its early
    stage.

    • The Earth was formed from the process of accretion


    wherein gasses and dust of cloud was attracted by
    gravitational energy.

    • When these masses compacted it formed planetisimals.


    • There had been the convective transport of heat
    within the core to the mantle of the earth.

    • While conductive transport of heat occurs


    through different plate boundary layers.

    • This resulted in the preservation of some amount


    the primordial heat in the interior earth.
    2. Heat from the decay of radioactive elements.

    • Earth- is considered as thermal engine since its main


    source of internal heat come from the produced decay
    of some naturally occurring isotopes from its interior.

    • This process is known as radioactive decay by which


    the spontaneous breakdown of an atomic nucleus
    causes the release of energy and matter from the
    nucleus.
    • Some of the isotopes :
    Potassium – 40, Uranium - 235,
    Uranium - 238 and Thorium - 232.

    • This process of radioactive decay which emits heat


    energy as one of the products prevents the Earth from
    completely cooling off.
    3. Gravitational pressure

    • The more a person descend into Earth’s interior, the


    amount of pressure increases due to the force pressing
    on an area caused by the weight of an overlying rocks.
    • rocks are good insulators - the escape of heat from
    Earth’s surface is less than the heat generated from
    internal gravitational attraction.
    • At high temperature, the material beneath will melt
    towards the central part of the earth.

    • This molten material under tremendous pressure


    conditions acquires the property of a solid and is
    probably in a plastic state
    4. Dense core material in the center of the planet.

    • Due to increase in pressure and presence of heavier


    materials towards the earth’s center, the density of
    earth’s layers also increases
    • Obviously, the materials of the innermost part of the
    earth are very dense.
    • The inner core- is composed of iron and nickel
    density- 12,600-13,000 kg/m3.
    • other heavy elements:
    gold, platinum, palladium, silver and tungsten
    • core - 2,000 kelvins.
    • inner core’s intense pressure prevents the
    iron and other minimal amount of some
    elements from melting.
    • the pressure and density are simply too great
    for the iron atoms to move into a liquid state.

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