Convection currents in the magma drive plate tectonics.
Heat generated from the radioactive decay of elements deep in the interior of the Earth creates magma (molten rock) in the aesthenosphere.
Heat from the earth's interior causes warmer sections of the softer layer, the asthenosphere, to become buoyant and rise, displacing cooler sections of the asthenosphere, which then sink. These convection currents drive the movement of the lithospheric plates that float on top of the asthenosphere.
The convection currents flow in the mantle.
Convection currents are found in the mantle.
the mantle
its the mantle, taking up 82% of the Earth's volume with a 2900 km-thick shell.
youll die
oxygen and silicon are the two elements that make up more than 80 percent of the atoms found in the Earths crust...(there is a constructed response for you guys)
Desolate desert with next to nothing plant life.
The inner magama rotates creating earths magnetic field which stops solar wind
the convection currents will stop
False.
Yes there are! That's why the plates move! It's caused by convection circulating the magma in the mantle creating currents!
asthensophere
the asthenosphere
They will stop.
core
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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.
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
The energy from the core of the earth causes currents in the molten layers, the way there are currents in the ocean. These currents are what causes the Tectonic Plates to move along the surface of the earth.