can the eggshell be compared to the earth's lithosphere? why?
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can the eggshell be compared to the earth's lithosphere? why?
can the eggshell be compared to the earth's lithosphere? why?
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This classroom lecture presents a simple conceptual model of the relative thicknesses of the Lithosphere by measuring a simple hard-boiled egg. The hard-boiled egg is used as a scale model for the zones of the Earth. The shell is to the egg as the lithosphere is to the Earth. This demonstration highlights the idea that the lithosphere is a thin shell.
Compare the relative thickness of the shell of an egg to the lithospheric "shell" of the Earth
Measure the diameter of the egg, then measure the thickness of the egg shell
Ratio of egg shell to egg radius is about 2%
Ration of lithosphere to Earth radius is about 2%