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convection currents due to the heat derived from radioactive decay (which is happening deep in the earth) moves the plates hence moving the continents in different directions
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Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
How does continents move during continental drift?
convection currents caused by earth's core
Why can lithosphere plates drift or move?
convection currents cause movement in the asthenosphere
What is a constructive force caused by the convection currents in the earth's mantle?
Convection currents in the earth's mantle cause the plates to move. When this happens, mountains can form.
What part of Earths interior is inferred to have convection currents that cause tectonic plates to move?
the asthenosphere
How did continents move?
convection currents in the eath's mantle
Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
How does continents move during continental drift?
convection currents caused by earth's core
How does the convection currents cause te crust of the Earth to move?
Because the convection currents involve the Earth's crust.
How a convection currents within the earth cause the crust and the continents to move e?
It creates thermal energy and that causes the tectonic plates to move due to high levels of heat.
Do convection current in oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
The layer in which convection currents move?
Convection currents move in the Mantle.
What direction do convection currents-move?
Convection currents move in upward direction
Does convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
false
What force pull or pulls the continents?
Convection currents caused by the earth's radioactive core move the continental plates.
How do plates move where convection currents are risig?
The lithosphere is the continental crust, oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle. The convection currents move in the mantle mostly in the Asthenosphere layer under the lithosphere. As the convention currents move it makes the lithosphere spread and shake.
Why can lithosphere plates drift or move?
convection currents cause movement in the asthenosphere
