Question

What happen to temperature & pressure as you go deeper into the earth

Answer 1

The temperature and pressure increases as you go deeper into the earth.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both temperature and pressure increase as you get closer to the Earth's centre.

Explanation:

The pressure increases as you go deeper because there is always more weight from above.

The pressure goes from 1 atm at the surface to 3.5 × 10⁶ atm in the core.

The core is hot because of

• residual heat from when the Earth was formed
• the energy released by decay of radioactive elements.

Here’s a table of approximate temperatures in the various layers.

      Layer             T/°C

Crust                     300

Upper mantle      1300

Lower mantle     3300

Outer core         4500

Inner core          6000