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Physical Geography. humanities.ucsd.edu/.../ kuchtahum4/pix/earth.jpg. The Earth is about 4.6 billion yrs. old. II. Composition of the earth inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust (land and oceans) . INNER CORE. OUTER CORE. CRUST. MANTLE.
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humanities.ucsd.edu/.../ kuchtahum4/pix/earth.jpg • The Earth is about 4.6 billion yrs. old.
II. Composition of the earth inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust (land and oceans) INNER CORE OUTER CORE CRUST MANTLE www.spacedaily.com/ news/carbon-00e.html
III. Internal Forces 1. Continental Drift 250 million yrs. ago the continents were one giant landmass called PANGEA over time plates drifted away or collided wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ parks/pltec/pangea.html
bhc.edu/.../study/ Images/platetectonics.gif 2. Tectonic Plates form the crust; are constantly moving; and cause changes to the earth’s surface when they make contact continents are on plates