Understanding Earth's Core Dynamics

The Earth's core is more complex and dangerous than imagined, featuring towering tornadoes of liquid metal. These tornadoes, thousands of kilometers high, spiral at geological speeds, creating a giant electromagnet due to the Earth's rotation and intense heat. This process highlights the dynamic and powerful nature of the Earth's core.

What is the height range of the liquid metal tornadoes in the Earth's core?

• Thousands of kilometers

• Tens of kilometers

• Hundreds of meters

• Millions of kilometers

How fast do the liquid metal currents move towards the core's outer edge?

• 100 km a year

• 10 km a year

• 10 km a day

• 1 km a year

In geological terms, how is the speed of the liquid metal currents described?

• Moderate

• Slow

• Supersonic

• Static

What temperature is found 4,000 kilometers down in the Earth's core?

• 3,000 degrees

• 2,000 degrees

• 4,000 degrees

• 1,000 degrees

What effect does the Earth's rotation have on the columns of hot metal?

• It cools them down

• It twists them into tornadoes

• It stops their movement

• It flattens them