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How Do Scientists Determine What’s Inside the Earth?

How Do Scientists Determine What’s Inside the Earth?. You have 3 closed containers on your desk, each containing a different material. Your goal: to determine the contents, even though you can’t directly observe what it contains .

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How Do Scientists Determine What’s Inside the Earth?

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  1. How Do Scientists Determine What’s Inside the Earth?

  2. You have 3 closed containers on your desk, each containing a different material. Your goal: to determine the contents, even though you can’t directly observe what it contains. To gather evidence, you may tap, roll, shake, or weigh them.RECORD YOUR OBSERVATIONS IN YOUR LAB JOURNAL (COMPOSITION BOOK)

  3. in·fer·enceNoun/ˈinf(ə)rəns/ • 1. A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

  4. What observations can you make about the contents of the canisters? (#1 & #2 are done on Data Table) Based on your observations, what can you infer about the contents of the canister? Are the contents of the canisters similar in any way? How did you obtain this evidence? How do you think scientists gather information about Earth’s interior?

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