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    Earth’s

    Internal
    Heat

    WC
    by Wency O. Castillo
    Heat energy plays a vital role in our
    planet. It is one of the extreme factors in
    what makes the world livable.

    If you think of a volcano, you know


    Earth must be hot inside. The heat inside
    of our planet moves continents, builds
    mountains, and causes earthquakes, but
    where does all this heat inside the earth
    come from?
    The different geologic
    features of the planet like
    volcanoes, mountain ridges,
    trenches, valleys, and more
    are indicators of our planet’s
    hot internal structures.
    Sources of Earth's
    Internal Heat
    1 Primordial Heat

    the internal heat energy


    that gradually gathered
    together by dispersion in
    the planet during its first
    few million years of
    evolution.

    - Accretional Energy
    2 Radiogenic Heat

    the thermal energy released


    as a result of spontaneous
    nuclear disintegration

    It involves disintegrating
    natural radioactive elements
    inside the earth – like
    Uranium, Thorium, and
    Potassium.
    the flow of heat from Earth's interior to the surface and
    it comes from two main sources in equal amounts:
    • the radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive
    decay of isotopes in the mantle and crust, and
    • the primordial heat left over from the formation of
    the Earth.

    Radioactive elements exist everywhere on the earth in


    a fairly significant concentration. Without the process of
    radioactive decay, there would be fewer volcanoes and
    earthquakes – and less formation of earth’s vast
    mountain ranges.
    Sources of Heat and Heat
    Transfer

    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Radiation
    CONDUCTION

    • governs the thermal conditions in almost entire


    solid portions of the Earth. Its processes happen
    on the earth’s surface.
    • it can be defined as the process by which heat
    energy is transmitted through collisions between
    neighboring atoms or molecules.
    • Heat from the Earth's core and radiation from
    the Sun is transferred to the surface of the Earth
    by conduction.
    CONVECTION

    • Convection dominates the thermal conditions


    in the zones where large quantities of fluids
    (molten rocks) exist and thus governs the heat
    transport in the fluid outer core and the
    mantle.
    Radiation is the least important mode of
    heat transport in the Earth. The process of
    heat exchange between the Sun and the
    Earth, through radiation, controls the
    temperatures at the Earth's surface. Inside
    the Earth, radiation is significant only in the
    hottest parts of the core and the lower
    mantle.
    1. ____________ governs the thermal conditions
    in almost entire solid portions of the Earth
    and plays a very important role in the
    lithosphere.
    2. ____________ involves transfer of heat by the
    movement of mass, which is a more
    efficient means of heat transport in the
    Earth compared to pure conduction.
    3. _________________ is the least important
    mode of heat transport in the Earth.

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