Volcanoes & Earthquakes
The layers inside the Earth, and what happens where its crust moves.
What this lesson covers
Volcanoes & Earthquakes is a 6-part Class 4 Science lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
The Earth has three main layers: a thin rocky crust, a hot mantle below it, and a very hot core at the centre.
The 6 parts
- Layers of the Earth
- The crust moves
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
- Earth scientist!
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Practise Volcanoes & Earthquakes
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