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The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
How do convection currents and gravitational forces affect the earth' crust?
It affects the earth's crust as it is related to the action of divergent boundaries where two plates are moving apart causing the continents to move. This is linked to convection currents as hot rocks lower in the mantle are forced up to the surface by gravitational forces, cooling, sinking and then heating again, helping the movement of the rigid plates
What are the forces that drives the tectonic plates of the earth?
There are many possible forces or mechanism associated by continental movement.include;sea-floor spreadingthermal plume phenomenaslab-push at mid oceanic ridge.slab-pull at subduction zoneNote that all this mechanism work together
How are plates motions connected with motions within the rest of the earths mantle?
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
What are the factors affecting the changes weather?
Moisture & Temperature !! :] Plato people
What 3 forces possibly move tectonic plates?
convection currents
The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth's?
mantle.
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
Which forces responsible for earths crust and lithosphere floating on the mantle?
convection currents in the upper mantle
What forces are thought to cause plate tectonic movement?
Convection currents (the movement of magma beneath the plates)
What happens to plates above rising convection currents?
the large amount of energy forces the two plates to move apart
What two internal forces shape the earth landforms?
Heat; from radioactive decay, friction, and residual heat from Earth's formation.Gravity.
What forces cause the movement of the continents from one supercontinent to their present positions?
the movement of convection currents in the mantle is the cause of plate motion.
What are convection currents in a mantle?
The asthenosphere is the layer of the Earth directly below the brittle lithosphere, made of solid rock with a small percentage of melt, which is under tremendous pressure and temperature conditions. It performs and moves in a ductile fashion (highly viscous) even though it is considered rock, and does not break while under stress, but can move due to convection currents of heat arising from Earth's interior.
What causes forces that affect currents in the ocean?
the uneven heating of the earth and change in the weather.
What maintains the Earth's shape?
The major players include the Earth's gravity, and the forces behind the convection currents of the molten section of Earth's interior.
What is one result of convection currents in earths outer core?
ErosionEarth's magnetic fieldmelted glaciersEarth's force of gravity
