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Yes, it is believed that the movements of Plate Tectonics is generated by the convection currents in the mantle. The continents are made up of rocks somewhat lighter than the dense dark-coloured volcanic rocks of the interior. They therefore float on the denser rocks.
The same convection currents, or the net effect of them, is believed to generate the electric currents that produce the Earth's magnetic field.
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What are effects of connection currents in the mantle?
The flow of mantle effects convection currents in the mantle. This process happens as hot material within the mantle begins to rise. As it rises, it begins to cool and then sinks. This process repeats as a cycle of convection currents.
What process allows the plates to move?
convection currents and heat transfer
What process is responsible for the spreading of a drop of food coloring in a glass of water?
convection currents
What drives the process of plate teconics?
Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates of the Earth to move slowly. Mantle convection is when heat moves from the mantle to the surface and causes the mantle, and the tectonic plates to move very slowly.
What are convection currents and where are they found?
Convection currents in the mantle are streams of fluid produced by the process of heat transfer from one place to another. The earth gets very hot as you go nearer to the core. The mantle is thus heated up as it is right next to the core. As a result, convection currents are formed.*Core: It is a spherical zone that lies at the center of the earth.*Mantle: It is the layer surrounding the outer core of the earth.
What is the process called that causes the tectonic plates to move?
Its more ov a movement really not a process. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.
How is destiny involved in the process of convection?
It's the change (decrease) in density with heating that produces the currents that we refer to as convection currents.
Heat is transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid by a process called what?
convection
Which process do air currents transfer heat energy throughout the room?
convection
What is the process of heat transferred in the troposphere called?
convection currents
What is the name of the process that causes mantle movement?
convection currents
Which natural process is the main cause of ocean currents?
convection
What are effects of connection currents in the mantle?
The flow of mantle effects convection currents in the mantle. This process happens as hot material within the mantle begins to rise. As it rises, it begins to cool and then sinks. This process repeats as a cycle of convection currents.
What process allows the plates to move?
convection currents and heat transfer
An increase in wind causes this current to increase What type of current is it?
Convection is the process that causes warm air to rise and cold air to sink. As such, the winds caused by this process are called convection currents.
Which process causes the transfer of energy by air currents within the Earth's atmosphere?
convection
What process is responsible for the spreading of a drop of food coloring in a glass of water?
convection currents
