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Convection cells form when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down. This rising and sinking pattern causes the plates to move.
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What is convection and how does it cause plates to move?
What is convection and how does it cause plates to move? What are the consequences of convection in the mantle?
Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
What makes tectonic plates move?
convection currents :)
What drives the motion of the continental plates on Earth?
convection cells in the mantle
How do transform move?
convection current from the magma in the centre of the earth pushes plates to move.
How do convection cells affect the crust above it?
It will move the tectonic plates
How do convection cells affect the crust material above it?
It will move the tectonic plates
What is convection and how does it cause plates to move?
What is convection and how does it cause plates to move? What are the consequences of convection in the mantle?
What is plates when there is an earthquake?
Tectonic plates influence earthquakes because of convection cells that move the plates around. When the plates collide, they cause a shockwave of energy released in the form of a earthquake.
Do convection current in oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
What causes your plates to move?
convection currents!
How do plates push together?
Both continental and oceanic plates float on the top surface of the mantle, which is divided into convection cells. The movement of these convection cells drag the plates along: where convection causes the mantle material to fall the plates are pushed together and where convection causes the mantle material to rise the plates are pulled apart.
What do lithospheric plate movements have to do with convection?
there is convection in the mantle. it causes the plates to move.
Which layer of the earth contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates?
The upper mantle contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates.
How do lithosphere plates move where convection currents rise?
They move apart.
How do plates move where convection are sinking?
They move towards each other.
