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Which layer of the Earth is composed of liquid iron and nickel?
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The Earth's outer core is a layer of liquid metal.
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Outer Core?
only liquid layer of the earth
What layer of the earth is composed of liquid iron and nickel?
The outer core.
What is earth liquid layer?
The only liquid layer of Earth is the outer core, composed of liquid iron and nickel. Deep in the Earth's interior is an iron and nickel core. The center of that core is solid, but there is a layer a thousand miles or more think that is liquid. Above the core is mantle material that is not necessarily considered liquid, because it is so viscous. Earth has an outer solid crust.
What is Earth's only liquid layer?
The Earth's liquid layers are (working outward from the core):The outer core (Molten iron and nickel)The mantel (A layer of hot rocks with the consistency of asphalt which flows)The hydrosphere (oceans)The atmosphere
What is the liquid layer of the earth made of iron and nickel?
The layer of the earth made of liquid metal is called the Outer Core.
The layer of the Earth that is divided into an inner and outer layer is called what?
The core of the Earth is defined by two layers: the inner core which is solid, and the outer core which is liquid. Both are composed primarily of iron with nickel.
What the outer core is made up from?
The outer core of the Earth is a liquid layer about 2,266 km (1,408 mi) thick composed of iron and nickel
What Earth layer has liquid iron and nickel?
The outer core.
What is it called outer layer of the earth?
The core of the Earth is defined by two layers: the inner core which is solid, and the outer core which is liquid. Both are composed primarily of iron with nickel.
What is the name of the liquid rock layer of the Earth?
Magma. It is lava once it leaves the Earth's crust.
What layer in the earth is composed of hot molten liquid?
the outer core
What is the earth's outer core made up of?
The Earth's inner core is made of solid iron and nickel, like the outer core, though the outer core has MOLTEN iron and nickel for its contents.
