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The Earth's core is hot due to the heat generated by the decay of radioactive elements and the residual heat from the Earth's formation. This heat is trapped since the core is insulated by the solid mantle and crust above it. The surface, however, loses heat through radiation and convection, so it is cooler than the core.

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The direction away from the center of the earth is?

any direction. you can go any direction to get out of the center of the earth, but the center is to hot for humans, so dont try it


Why does heat flow from the center of the earth to the surface?

the earth's hot materials move towards the earth's surface because the crust is weak and there is no other way in which the hot materials can escape except explosion. there is no other place to where it can magically teleport so to escape so thus, it explodes out mostly through the weak cracks and fissures on the earth's surface. -Zulekha Das


What happens to the pressure as you move from the center of the earth toward the surface?

Temperature and pressure increase massively from earth's surface to the centre of the Earth. At the inner core, the pressure is so great that iron is solid, even at such high temperatures.


Is Earth's core too hot to touch?

Yes, the Earth's core is incredibly hot, with temperatures estimated to be around 5,700 degrees Celsius (10,300 degrees Fahrenheit). It is impossible for humans to touch the Earth's core as it is located about 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles) beneath the Earth's surface.


Do people live in the inside or the outside of the earth?

Human beings do NOT live inside the earth - otherwise we would all be burned to death or die of dehydration within the moment we were born. And if we don't burn or become dehydrated, we would suffocate for lack of oxygen. We live in the outerlayer, the surface, where there is oxygen to breathe and natural resources where we can use to survive. ~ Hexedgirl92

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Is the center of the earth hot or cold?

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How much hotter is the center of the Earth than your oven at home?

well yes because the center of the earth is reallly hot so that means itis hotter than your oven . if you do not know how hot the center of the earth is find that out and find out how hot your oven is


How many kilometers is it from the surface to the center of earth?

The earth's diameter is about 12,600km, so half that would be 6,300km from the surface to the core.


The direction away from the center of the earth is?

any direction. you can go any direction to get out of the center of the earth, but the center is to hot for humans, so dont try it


Which is hotter the center of the earth or the suface of the sun?

The surface of the Sun is hotterThe Sun is very hot. At the core it is 15 million degrees Celsius or 27 million degrees Farenheit.It is approximately 4000°C at the center of the Earth. So obviously by comparing those two, The Sun is 26,996,000 hotter than the center of the Earth.


Is it over 6000 kilometer from the surface to the center of earth?

Earth's mean (average) radius is about 6371 kilometers, so yes.


Is it over 6000 kilometers from the surface to the center of earth?

Earth's mean (average) radius is about 6371 kilometers, so yes.


Why is the core in the center of the earth hot?

Because, there is so much pressure the core get's extremly hot, and there is lava, and sometimes its yellow.


Why does heat flow from the center of the earth to the surface?

the earth's hot materials move towards the earth's surface because the crust is weak and there is no other way in which the hot materials can escape except explosion. there is no other place to where it can magically teleport so to escape so thus, it explodes out mostly through the weak cracks and fissures on the earth's surface. -Zulekha Das


What is the accelaration gravity of the center of Earth Surface?

At the earth's center, the acceleration/force of gravity is theoretically zero.(At least the force of gravity between the earth and an object at its center. There's still the gravitational forcesbetween the object and everything else ... the sun, moon, stars, etc.)


Is the center of the earth hot?

The center of the earth is hot because it flows magma and lava to the active lava. when humans started building things that cause earth harm so in2009 earth started to changes. So people says that the earth started to became angry so the center of the earth will be heated so that it would be hotter then then you thing , i am not sure i all this answers cause it was not answered very long so this is a fact as u can say it is 20% that it is possible . end of presenting thank u of watching !


On the earth's surface what circle's center is the earth's center?

Every so-called "great circle" is (more or less) the longest circumference of the Earth that includes any two points. The great circle includes the shortest distance between the two points for travel along the Earth's surface.