{"id":2466,"date":"2016-06-22T19:54:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T19:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2466"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:50:55","slug":"why-it-matters-earths-interior","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/chapter\/why-it-matters-earths-interior\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Earth's Interior","rendered":"Why It Matters: Earth&#8217;s Interior"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Describe the Earth including the characteristics of the various layers; learn the implications of the different layers.<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\r\nGeologists cannot see directly into the interior of the Earth. They have to rely on various techniques and methods to infer\u00a0the appearance and physical characteristics of earth\u2019s interior. In this section, we will see how the Earth is structured, what the physical characteristics are, and just how this impacts us living on the Earth.\r\n\r\nThe Earth\u2019s interior is the basis for geology. If you recall from the Plate Tectonics section, earth exists as we see it today because of plate tectonics. We also learned how plate tectonics is important in the formation of rock, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Studying the interior of the Earth helps learn about all of these and the processes that helped create the Earth and currently drive plate tectonics.\r\n\r\nPlease watch this short video and take a trip through the various layers of the Earth down to its core:\r\n\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/static.3playmedia.com\/p\/projects\/20361\/files\/1280906\/plugins\/11085.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\n <iframe id=\"myytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IWZky7mXoO0?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Analyze and compare the properties, material, and layers within the Earth\u2019s geosphere.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand how we know about the Earth\u2019s interior and its magnetism.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Describe the Earth including the characteristics of the various layers; learn the implications of the different layers.<\/h2>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>Geologists cannot see directly into the interior of the Earth. They have to rely on various techniques and methods to infer\u00a0the appearance and physical characteristics of earth\u2019s interior. In this section, we will see how the Earth is structured, what the physical characteristics are, and just how this impacts us living on the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The Earth\u2019s interior is the basis for geology. If you recall from the Plate Tectonics section, earth exists as we see it today because of plate tectonics. We also learned how plate tectonics is important in the formation of rock, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Studying the interior of the Earth helps learn about all of these and the processes that helped create the Earth and currently drive plate tectonics.<\/p>\n<p>Please watch this short video and take a trip through the various layers of the Earth down to its core:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/static.3playmedia.com\/p\/projects\/20361\/files\/1280906\/plugins\/11085.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"myytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IWZky7mXoO0?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze and compare the properties, material, and layers within the Earth\u2019s geosphere.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how we know about the Earth\u2019s interior and its magnetism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2466\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li><strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Kimberly Schulte and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Earth&#039;s Interior Isn&#039;t Quite What We Thought It Was. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Talk Nerdy To Me. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IWZky7mXoO0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/IWZky7mXoO0<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard YouTube License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"\",\"author\":\"Kimberly Schulte and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Earth\\'s Interior Isn\\'t Quite What We Thought It Was\",\"author\":\"Talk Nerdy To Me\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IWZky7mXoO0\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard YouTube License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"66692890-8018-4dc1-bf91-aef0f597ef2c","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2466","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":33,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3054,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2466\/revisions\/3054"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/33"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2466\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2466"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2466"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}