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Heat rising from within the Earth causes the Earth's tectonic plates to move. The constant rising and sinking of heat are called convection currents.
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What causes fault lines to move inside the Earth's surface?
When sea-floor spreading occurs or magma rising to earths surface making new crust ( I think )
What causes day and night on earth earths revolution around the sun or earth's rotation on its axis?
Earth's rotation on its axis causes day and night. Earth's revolution around the sun causes the seasons.
What objects causes the earth tides?
The moon causes the earths water to have a low tide or a high tide
What causes the rising of the moon each day?
the moon doesnt rise. the earth rotates
What causes earth to have tides?
The Moon is the cause for tides rising and falling
What is the Movement within the earth that cause buried rock to be exposed at the earths surface?
The movement within the Earth that causes buried rock to be exposed at the Earth's surface is called uplift. It refers to the vertical elevation of the Earth's surface.
The apparent rising and setting of the sun as seen from the earth are caused by?
the Earths rotation.
What are the causes of earths tilt?
It is the result of how the earth was formed.
Does the earths revolution around the sun causes the sun to rise in the east and set in the west everyday?
No, the Earth's revolution around the sun is not related to the rising and setting of the sun on a daily basis, which is caused by the Earth's rotation on its axis.
What causes fault lines to move inside the Earth's surface?
When sea-floor spreading occurs or magma rising to earths surface making new crust ( I think )
What does the earths tilt do normally?
The Earth's tilt is what causes the seasons.
Which of these causes the earth to experience season?
The Earths Inclination A+
What causes the eruption from the volcano?
because of the lava rising from the earth
Where does the convection that causes earths magnetic field?
The convection that causes Earth's magnetic field happens in Earth's molten outer core.
What causes catastrophic events to occur?
The climate of the earth and the earths atmosphere
What causes earths plates to move continuously?
Convection in the earth's mantle.
What is most of the energy that heats earths atmosphere?
Heat from the sun rising as infrared radiation from the surface of the earth.
