🧲 MAGNETS AND THE EARTH
PAGE 1 OF 5, DEEP INSIDE THE CORE
CORE
LIQUID METAL ON THE MOVE
Far under your feet, Earth has layers like a giant peach. Deep in the middle sits a hot metal core. The outer part of that core is liquid metal that slowly swirls and spins. That moving metal acts a bit like a giant dynamo. It helps create Earth's magnetic field, an invisible force that wraps around the planet. You cannot see the field with your eyes, but tools can feel it. Without that deep motion, compasses would not work the same way.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
The outer core is mostly iron and nickel that stay liquid because it is so hot down there.
SPIN!
HOT
🔥 Temperatures in the core are hot enough to keep metal flowing like thick syrup.
🪨 Solid rock sits above that liquid metal in the mantle and crust.
🪨 Solid rock sits above that liquid metal in the mantle and crust.
MOTION
🌀 Slow swirls of liquid metal keep spinning deep underground every day.
🧲 That motion is the simple kid-friendly reason Earth acts like a huge magnet.
🧲 That motion is the simple kid-friendly reason Earth acts like a huge magnet.