Gap Fill - Earth's Core - Level 6

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Little is known about the of the very centre of Earth. It was believed our planet had just one core – a hot mass of molten rock and gas surrounded by a , rock mantle. The mantle is a ring between the earth's and core. The core is found 2,900 kilometres below Earth's . It has a radius of around 3,485 kilometres. Scientists from the University of Chicago have discovered that there may be a second core below our feet. Research has led Dr Sunyoung Park to believe there is another core. She analyzed from a 560-km-deep earthquake. Her showed the possibility of a second core, consisting of a of fluid rock, at the bottom of the mantle.

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