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In what way are convection currents responsible for large wind patterns?
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How do convection currents occur?
the dinosaurs go poof as the went into the earths center
What Air moves in large circular patterns called?
Air moves in large, circular patterns called convection cells.
The Sun heats Earth's atmosphere unevenly This causes convection currents to move in large circles in the atmosphere What is the result of convection currents in the atmosphere?
Study Island answer: Wind
Air moves in large circular patterns called?
Air moves in large circular patterns called convection cells. A convection cell is most notable in the formation of clouds with its release and transportation of energy.
Which layer of the earth is the place where convection occurs?
Convection currents rese and sink through the mantle and the liquid outer core. In Earth's mantle, large amounts of heat are transferred by convection currents. Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in the mantle.
How can something as large and heavy as a whole continent move around?
tectonic plates move by convection currents. Convection currents are currents that start by hot air rising and eventually turning cooler then lowers. This continues in a constant pattern like a week.
In the Earth's mantle heat is transferred in large convection currents. Within these currents?
, hot material rises towards the surface and cooler material sinks back down towards the Earth's core. This is called mantle convection and is driven by the heat generated from the Earth's core and the heat released from radioactive decay within the mantle. The motion of these convection currents is responsible for plate tectonics and the movement of continents over time.
What is a vast shallow depression in the earth's surface where the crust is drawn down by convection currents?
A geosyncline is a large depression containing thick deposits in the earth's crust. Often, these depressions are made by the convection currents drawing downwards.
What caused the large landmass to separate?
Convection currents in the Earth's mantle driven by heat energy from the core.
How are global winds and local winds similar?
They both have covection currents and effect the weather
What happens to plates above rising convection currents?
the large amount of energy forces the two plates to move apart
How do temperature and salinity different produce convection currents?
The large amount of solids dissolved in ocean water, which is the salinity, makes it more dense than fresh water. Cold water is denser than warm water (temperature). These differences in density produce convection currents
