What's the purpose of earth's core?

Question

What's the purpose of earth's core?

Answer 1

Umm, to hold up the rest of the Earth?

HAHA!!!

The core also generates Earth's magnetic field, is that what you mean?

Answer 2

This may provide some factual answers.

http://geology.about.com/od/core/The_Ear...

Answer 3

the earth's core heats the liquid in the mantle. This creates convection currents.

The convection currents heat the land.

Without the earth's core we would freeze

Answer 4

Well, we need it to have a magnetic field , that protects us from the suns deadly particles.  Sorry...Lisa your wrong....we wouldnt freeze

Answer 5

to blow up and kill us all

Answer 6

The entire earth and nothing on it has any purpose, it simply exists. If you wish to know function of various parts of the earth simply do a Google search on each one.

Answer 7

To create earth magnetic field