what percentage of the earths core is liquid? solid?
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The percentage of the Earth's core that is solid is 4.7 %.  \n\nThe Earth's core is divided into the Inner core, which is solid, and extends for 1278 km, and the outer core, which is liquid, and extends for another 2210 km, or to a radius of 3488 km.  \n\nUsing the formula for Volume of a Sphere = (4/3) * Pi * Radius ^3 \nyou can calculate the volume of the Inner Core at 8.74 * 10^9.\nThe volume of ALL the core (Inner and Outer) is a total volume of 1.78*10^11.\n\nThe percentage of the Inner Core of the ALL the Core is \n8.74*10^9    /    1.74 * 10^11    =    4.7 %
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If you are asking what is below the surface of the oceanic basins (lithosphere), it is the mantle (asthenosphere) consisting of a combination of magma a pliable plastic rock.  Further down is the inner core of liquid magma.  Beyond that it has been traditionally  "conjectured" by geologist to be a solid iron core.  However, recent developments from fringe science (outside the mainstream of conventional science), supported by Russian geological hypotheses, questions this, and counter-postulates a thermal nuclear core.
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Well, technically, it is the Earth's Core.  But if you're referring to MAN-MADE magnets, you are typically looking at superconducting magnets.\n\nRight now, it seems like the two contenders are superconductors at MIT and in Japan.\n\n\nThis may be the next contender:\n\nhttp://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/springsummer99/departments/abstracts/BiggestMagnet.html
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None we know of, but keep in mind that the PRESSURE at the earth's core is greater than any pressure we have been able to reproduce, so we don't know for sure the behavior of melting points there. It may be no different. The highest known melting point is for graphite at 6,646.5 F. That's about half the estimated temperature of the core.
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FALSE! actually, About one-fifth of Earth's land surface is desert. to that's 20%. : )\n\ntry this link if your not convince. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert
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8.7 percent of the Earth's total surface area, or \n29.8 percent of its land area, and it contains more than \n60 percent of the world's human population.
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Scientists believe that the outer core is a liquid made out of an iron-nickle alloy, and the inner core is a liquid that behaves like a solid, and is mostly made out of iron.
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The inner core of the Earth is composed of solid metal (almost a pure alloy of iron and nickel) and extends from the center of the Earth to a radius of about 1220 kilometers (about 758 miles).  \n\nThe outer core is a 2260 km-thick (~1404 mile) shell of molten iron-nickel that surrounds the solid inner core.\n\nFor comparison, the Earth's average radius (it's not a perfect sphere) is 6371 km, so the inner core extends 1220/6371*100 = ~19% of the whole radius of the Earth.
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Most of the earth Surface is Covered with water, but that's only a small fraction of the planet itself. The Earth is made up mostly of silicate and magezeuim compunds and an iron core.
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Most Common Element\nHydrogen is the most common element in both the Universe and the Solar System. Over 90% of the Universe is comprised of hydrogen. -----Iron is the most common element on Earth,----- accounting for 36% of its mass.
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At the center of the earth the effects of the increasing pressure (which will cause the ball to implode) are greater than the effects of the increasing temperature (which would make the gases inside the ball expand to such an extent that the ball would explode) so the ball would implode. Studies of the seismic waves from earthquakes travelling through the earth tell us that the very center of the earth's core is actually solid, the hot material crushed into a solid form by the pressure. The outer layers of the core are liquid due to the high temperatures at lower pressure.
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The Earth consists of several atmospheric, hydrologic, and mainly geologic layers. Its components are the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the crust, the mantle, and its core. The biosphere is a tiny layer in this composition and is usually not considered part of the physical layers of the Earth.\n\nThe geologic component layers of the Earth are located at the following depths below surface:\n\n0 to 60 km - Lithosphere (locally varies between 5 and 200 km) \n0 to 35 km - Crust (locally varies between 5 and 70 km) \n35 to 60 km - Uppermost part of mantle \n35 to 2890 km - Mantle \n100 to 700 km - Asthenosphere \n2890 to 5100 km - Outer core \n5100 to 6378 km - Inner core \n\nArea:\n\nTotal: 510.073 million km2 \nland: 148.94 million km2 \nWater: 361.132 million km2 \nNote: 70.8 % of the world's surface is covered by water, 29.2 % is exposed land \nLand boundaries: the land boundaries in the world total 251,480 km (not counting shared boundaries twice)\n\nCoastline: 356,000 km\n\nMaritime claims: see United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea\n\nLand use\nArable land: 10% \nPermanent crops: 1% \nPermanent pastures: 26% \nForests and woodland: 32% \nUrban areas: 1.5% \nOther: 30% (1993 est.) \nIrrigated land: 2,481,250 km2 (1993 est.)\n\n\nContiguous zone: 24 nautical miles (44 km) claimed by most, but can vary \nContinental shelf: 200 m depth claimed by most or to depth of exploitation; others claim 200 nautical miles (370 km) or to the edge of the continental margin \nExclusive fishing zone: 200 nautical miles (370 km) claimed by most, but can vary \nExclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles (370 km) claimed by most, but can vary \nTerritorial sea: 12 nautical miles (22 km) claimed by most, but can vary \nNote: boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 nautical miles (370 km) \n42 nations and other areas are completely landlocked (see list of landlocked countries)
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all things have a solid liquid and gas state. it just depends on the temperature.
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most solids are more dense than the same substance in liquid phase and will sink.  Water/ice is an exception to this rule.
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I would believe that analogy to be inaccurate.  The inner core is more of a very dense, solid mass of mostly iron and with its spin, among other things, gives our Earth its magnetic field.  The outer core, while quite hot, I would not call it a ball of fire.  It is more in the state of fluid, plastic like state which churns and, and at its boundary, mixes with the mantle to some degree.  Our planets core is dense and hot, but not a ball of fire.
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maybe its inside or core is solid and as big as the earth's moon. But the whole of it is gaseous
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About 3% of earth's water is fresh water with two-thirds of this locked in glaciers and polar icecaps. So only 1% is in lakes and rivers.