Structure of the earth

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What shape is the earth?
Geoid
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What causes the earths shape?
Centrifugal forces
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What is the outer shell of the earth?
Crust
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How thick is the crust?
Up to 70km
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What is oceanic crust made of?
Sima
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What is continental crust made of?
Sial
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What is sial?
Silica and aluminium
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What is sima?
Silica and magnesium
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What is the lithosphere?
Crust and upper mantle
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What is the asthenosphere?
Very soft rock up to 250km into the mantle
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What is the core made of?
Iron and nickel
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What temperature is the core?
5000c
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What creates the earths magnetic field?
Spinning of the outer core
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What is the outer core made of?
Iron
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What is the inner core made of?
Iron-nickel alloy
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What generates convection currents?
Heat of the core
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