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How is the earth said to be when heavier elements sink toward the core and lighter elements rise to the top?
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Undergoing differentiation.
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When heavier elements sink toward the core and lighter elements rise to the top the Earth is said to be what?
Differentiated or stratified.
What physical property causes earth's core to be made up of heavier elements including metals such as iron and earth's crust to be made of lighter elements such as silicon?
Density.
How did rock density affect the formation of earth?
As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar density.
What cause our planet to separate into layers?
As the earth formed from the mix of elements in surrounding space, the heavier elements wound up at the bottom of the pile (earth's core) the lighter elements collecting above them. This happened when the earth was still essentially molten (4 billion years ago).
Which kind of earth's plates is heavier and which is lighter?
Continental plates are lighter than oceanic plates
When heavier elements sink toward the core and lighter elements rise to the top the Earth is said to be what?
Differentiated or stratified.
What physical property causes earth's core to be made up of heavier elements including metals such as iron and earth's crust to be made of lighter elements such as silicon?
Density.
How did density affect the formation of earth's layers?
As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar density.
How did rock density affect the formation of earth?
As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar density.
Why is the earth's outermost layer composed mostly of lighter elements?
because early on all the earth was molten, and a large part of it is still molten. Lighter elements are less dense than heavier ones and therefore float to the top.
How did rock density affect the formation of Earth's layers?
As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar density.
How did rock affect the formation of earths layers?
As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar density.
What cause our planet to separate into layers?
As the earth formed from the mix of elements in surrounding space, the heavier elements wound up at the bottom of the pile (earth's core) the lighter elements collecting above them. This happened when the earth was still essentially molten (4 billion years ago).
Which kind of earth's plates is heavier and which is lighter?
Continental plates are lighter than oceanic plates
Is Jupiter lighter than earth?
Jupiter is 317.8 times heavier than earth
How is a supernova related to matter found on earth?
A supernova is a star that explodes. Stars about the size of our Sun explode when they run out of "fuel". The fuel they have is Hydrogen which they fuse into Helium and thus convert mass into energy (they shine brightly), Then the Helium and some Hydrogen are fused into heavier elements (Lithium etc) making more energy. All elements heavier than Carbon and lighter than Iron are made in the supernova explosion that comes at the end of the star's "life". Heavier stars will make even heavier elements. The Earth is mostly made of these heavier elements. We are all stardust.
Is mercury's gravity heavier or lighter than earth's gravity?
Much lighter. If you weighed 180 pounds on earth you would weigh 68.4 pounds on Mercury.
