Why does the earth behave like a giant magnet?

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The Earth behaves like a giant magnet due to the presence of molten metal in its core, which generates a magnetic field through its dynamic movements. This movement is responsible for the shifting locations of the magnetic poles. Additionally, the discussion touches on the challenges of separating oxygen and argon gases in a fractional distillation column of liquid air, highlighting that argon can boil at the same temperature as oxygen when encountering the exit point.

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why does the Earth behave like a giant magnet?

why the hole in the ozone layer is above Antarctica but not polluted continents?

in a fractional distillating column of liquid air, the 'exit' of oxygen gas (b.p. -183C) is below the argon gas (b.p. -186C). However, when the liquid air encounters the 'exit' of oxygen gas which is at -183C, the argon also boils. So we cannot separate the oxygen and argon.
What's wrong with my concept?
 
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the answer to your first question is that there is much molten metal in the core of the earth. the motions of this metal is what changes the location of the magnetic poles. yes, they do move.metal does that. the answer to your second question may be found at www.nasa.gov .

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