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Generally, highly pressurised and very hot rocks. They are still solid, though. There is very little lave in the mantle, except for that under volcanoes.
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What two planets are closest to the Sun with a rocky mantle and iron core?
Mercury and Venus.
What will happen if the flow of hot rock in earths mantle if the planets core eventually cools?
The flow of hot rock in earths mantle will stop and Earth's magnetic field will disappear
How is Ceres similar to earth?
Both planets are known to have water in them (ceres has a mantle made of water and ice) and both are spherical. Also they are both planets (even though ceres is a dwarf planet, they are still planets). Thats about it.
How are the inner planets alike in terms of there structure?
They have a crust of rock, mantle, and a core made up of similar stuff, but Venus would be an exception to this rule.
Which of the Earth's layers is located just below the mantle?
Upper Mantlemantle
What are the layers of the terrestrial planets?
There are three, the crust, the mantle, and the core.
What is the layer between a planets crust and its core?
It is called the Mantle.
Is it true or false volcanism occurs on planets whose interiors have completely cooled?
Volcanism can only occur on planets with a liquid mantle.
What two planets are closest to the Sun with a rocky mantle and iron core?
Mercury and Venus.
How was the planets mantle formed?
The earth's mantle would have formed initially in the same way as the crust, by the cooling of the earth but as for the metamorphic rock that defines the earth's mantle, that would have taken millions of years of extreme heat and pressure for it to form.
What will happen if the flow of hot rock in earths mantle if the planets core eventually cools?
The flow of hot rock in earths mantle will stop and Earth's magnetic field will disappear
What are the different parts of the solar system?
A star, planets, satellites of the planets, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust particles and also vacuum.
How is Ceres similar to earth?
Both planets are known to have water in them (ceres has a mantle made of water and ice) and both are spherical. Also they are both planets (even though ceres is a dwarf planet, they are still planets). Thats about it.
What is the mantle in space terms?
Wrong category. Not sure what you mean by "space terms". If you astronomically, it's part of the structure of rocky planets such as Earth.
How are the inner planets alike in terms of there structure?
They have a crust of rock, mantle, and a core made up of similar stuff, but Venus would be an exception to this rule.
Is planet earth a gas planet or non gasoues planet?
Earth is a rock, a non gaseous planet, but earth has an atmosphere comprising of air, a mixture of gases. This does not make it a gas planet. Gas planets have the whole mantle as gas, but earth does not have a gas mantle.
What is Earth's mantel?
The interior of Earth, similar to the other terrestrial planets, is chemically divided into layers. The mantle is a layer between the crust and the outer core. Earth's mantle is a silicate rocky shell about 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) thick that constitutes about 84% of Earth's volume.
