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Does convection currents produce the heat in the Earths interior?
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Convection currents are agents of heat transfer within Earth's interior. And could also serve as mechnism for heat generation in the earth crust.
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What part of the earths interior is inferred to have convection currents that cause tectonic plated to move?
asthensophere
Where in the earths layers are the convection currents found?
Lithosphere
Where does heat transfer by convection currents take place in the earths interior?
Most convection currents exist in the mantle, the layer below the Earth's crust. As the semi-molten rock heats up, it rises closer to the surface, and it sinks as it cools. This is how plate tectonics works, as the crust's plates move on these currents.
What creates the currents in the mantle of the earth?
they are convection currents, caused by the heating effect of the earths core
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
Convection currents produce the heat in the earths interior?
False.
What will happen to the convection currents in the mantle if the earths interior cools down?
the convection currents will stop
Does convections currents produce the heat in the earths interior?
False.
Are there convection currents in the molten part of the earths interior?
Yes there are! That's why the plates move! It's caused by convection circulating the magma in the mantle creating currents!
What part of the earths interior is inferred to have convection currents that cause tectonic plated to move?
asthensophere
What part of Earths interior is inferred to have convection currents that cause tectonic plates to move?
the asthenosphere
What would happend to the convection currents in the mantle if earths interior eventually cooled down?
They will stop.
How is the rock cycle related to the movement to earths plates?
convection currents convection currents convection currents
How is the rock cycle related to the movement to earths plated?
convection currents convection currents convection currents
The convention that causes earths magnetic field happens in earths?
core
What would happen to the convection currents in the mantle if the earths interior cooled down?
the convection currents will be set in motion because the heat from the mantle rises and causing it to change Earth's density & force of gravity
What kind of currents drive earths plates?
Convection currents.
