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What is 1 effect of radioactive decay in Earth's interior?
It helps keep the Earth's interior hot.
Why is the interior of the Earth hot?
The interior of the Earth is hot due to the heat generated from the decay of radioactive elements, leftover heat from the Earth's formation, and the pressure from the immense weight of the overlying rock layers.
Why do volcanoes get hot?
Volcanoes bring up material from deep within the earth. earth's interior is very hot.
What are hot molten rocks from the interior of the earth called?
Hot molten rocks from the interior of the earth are called magma when they are beneath the earth's surface and lava when they reach the surface through volcanic eruptions.
Why is there such an abundance of igneous rock?
Because the interior of the earth is hot.
What type of interior does Earth have?
Hot rock and liquid and solid metal.
Why is it that interior of the earth consider as one of natural source of heat?
If your question is why in the interior of the Earth so hot, then picture it this way: when you rap up in a blanket, you get warm right? Well what if you bundle up in more than one blanket? Say you put 4 or 5 blankets on. You'll get really hot. The layers on the Earth act as blankets for the core. That's why the interior is so hot.
What may have cooled the earth's surface?
after collisions subsided, the earth's surface was able to cool, but the interior remained hot
How is heat transferred from the interior to the surface of Earth?
Heat is transferred from the interior to the surface of the Earth through a process called convection. In the Earth's mantle, hot material rises towards the surface, carrying heat with it. This movement creates convection currents that transfer heat from the interior to the surface.
What are the characteristics of the core of earth's interior?
The core is extremely dense, heavy and very hot.
Why Earth's interior is warmer than its surface?
Earth's surface is free to radiate heat into space. The interior is not. The interior does transfer heat the the surface, but rather slowly. It is hot due to residual heat from Earth's formation and from the heat generated by the decay of radioactive elements.
Is it possible to travel to the middle of the Earth's core?
No. Earth's interior is so hot that you could not even make it through the crust.
