Earth Is Round, Like an Orange . Oranges Have Askin and Earth Has Askin, Too . We Call

Earth´s Crust

Earth is round, like an orange . Oranges have askin and Earth has askin, too . We call this skin Earth´s crust . Under the crust there is very hot rock .

Earth´s crust has different pieces . These pieces move very, very slowly .Millions of years ago, the pieces moved and made mountains. Under mountians the crust is thick, but under the ocean it´s thinner. When two pieces of the crust move and meet, there can be earthquake.

Avolcano is ahole in Earth´s crust. When avolcano erupts, hot rock flies out from under the ground, and melted rock pours out over the ground .Volcanoes under the ocean sometimes make new islands .In 1963, avolcano in the Atlantic Ocean made anew island called Surtsey.

There are many different rosks in Earth´s crust. They are millions of years old. The rocks are often different colors. In the Painted Desert in Arizona in the USA, you can see the different rocks.

EARTH´S CRUST – EXERCISES

1.  Match

Earth is
Earth´s crust is millions
The pieces of Earth´s crust
There are different rocks
Under Earth´s crust, there´s
There are volcanoes under
of years old
the ocean
in Earth´s crust
round
very hot rocks
move very slowly

2.Complete the sentense.

crust holes ocean old rocks volcano

1.  Some mountains are milions of years ______.

2.  When pieces of Earth´s ______meet, there are sometimes earthquakes.

3.  Volcanoes are ______in Earth´s crust.

4.  The rock in a ______is very hot.

5.  Sometimes avolcano under the ______makes anew island.

6.  In the Painted Desert the ______are diferent colors.

3.Circle the odd one out.

1. Japan Earth Russia China 6. Red brown desert yelow

2. orange apple banana skin

3. move fall piece erupt

4. volcano dengerous beautiful incredible

5. in under on ground

4. Write the words .

1 2 3 4

______

5 6 7

______

8

_ _ _ _ _

5. Complete the sentences .

1. Earth is _ _ _ _ _, like an orange.

2. Under Earth´s _ _ _ _ _ there is very hot rock .

3. When piece´s of the crust move, there can be an

______.

4. A ______is ahole in Earth´s crust.

5. Volcanoes under the _ _ _ _ _ sometimes make anew

______.