Plasticity Experiment

Today in class we did an experiment to represent Earth's mantle. We added water to cornstarch. With adding these two products together they have plasticity. It got gooey because of the plasticity. When you put pressure on the mixture it turns to a solid just like the crust and core put pressure on the mantle to make it a solid. When you let go of the mixture it is a liquid. I didn't make any mistakes while doing this experiment. From this lab I learned what plasticity is. I also learned how the Earth mantle is a solid because of the pressure put on it by the crust and core. Another thing i learned is that when you mix cornstarch and water together it is gooey from plasticity. Neither one of them have plasticity until they are mixed. All in all this was a fun experiment that i learned a lot from.