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    THE EGG LAB

    Part 1:

    Use hard-boiled eggs to model the effect of the motion of crustal plates on the Earth’s
    surface.

    Part II:

    Use hard-boiled eggs to model the basic layers of the Earth’s structure.

    Materials:

    Paper towels; 1 hard-boiled egg; 2 colored water-based markers; a plastic knife

    PROCEDURE for PART 1:

    1. Place the hard-boiled egg on the paper towel and GENTLY tap the egg on a hard
    surface while turning the egg over to produce cracks of various lengths and sizes all
    around the egg. CAUTION: DO NOT TAP TOO HARD OR TOO MANY TIMES!!!

    2. Trace along several of the large cracks with the colored markers.

    3. Sketch a diagram of the front and rear views of the egg in the space provided below
    to show where the cracks are located.

    Front View of Egg Rear View of Egg

    ANSWER the FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

    1
    1. What do the egg and the pieces of the shell represent?

    2. What do the cracks represent?

    3. Why is using a hard-boiled egg to model the motion of the Earth’s crustal plates
    limited? Give two shortcomings.

    The egg shell has the same density throughout. The Earth’s tectonic plates do
    not: oceanic plates are denser than continental plates. Egg shells do not move
    but tectonic plates do.

    PROCEDURE for PART 2:

    1. Take the plastic knife and cut cross ways through one of the eggs. Examine the
    layers closely.

    ANSWER the FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

    1. What part of the basic structure of the Earth would be represented by the egg shell?

    Crust

    2.How thick is the crust of the Earth? ______________________________________

    2. What part would the egg white represent?

    Mantle

    3. What part would be represented by the yolk of the egg?

    Core

    What do scientists think the core is made of? _______________________________

    4. List one strength and one weakness for using the egg as a model for the basic
    structure of the Earth.

    Both the Earth and the egg have three observable layers The Earth’s core is
    subdivided into an inner a solid core and a liquid outer core; whereas, the egg
    has only a solid core.

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