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What are advantages of radioactive decay?
One reason is that radioactive decay heats the earths interior
What is the source of heat in the Earth interior?
The decay of radioactive isotopes.The decay of radioactive isotopes.The decay of radioactive isotopes.The decay of radioactive isotopes.
What is the change in the earths temperature?
radioactive decay
Why earths interior is warmer than earths 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 hot in the earths mantle?
Decay of radioactive elements in the mantle heats it.
What is the source of heat in the Earth's interior?
The main sources of heat in the Earth's interior are residual heat from the planet's formation, radioactive decay of elements like uranium, thorium, and potassium, and heat generated by ongoing processes like mantle convection and core formation. This heat leads to processes like plate tectonics, volcanic activity, and the Earth's magnetic field.
What keeps the earths core so hot?
light and heat(i heard some1 say radiation 1ce but i dont think its true)
How is the theory of plate tectonics related to the radioactive decay elements within the earth's interior?
The aesthenosphere is kept deformable largely through heat generated by radioactive decay
What is the effect of pressure on the rate of radioactive decay?
Pressure does not have a significant effect on the rate of radioactive decay, as it is mainly influenced by the instability of the nucleus of the atom. The decay process is determined by the nuclear forces within the atom, which are not significantly affected by external pressure changes.
The age of the earths crust can best be determined from the studies of A the salts of the oceans B the type of fossils left behind C erosion from a river D radioactive decay E surface weatherin?
Radioactive decay
Could the amount of some elements in earths crust increase?
Yes. That is what causes some of the Earths core heat. Elements being formed by radioactive decay. Look at the Earths' makeup and see that the percentages of elements follows the periodic chart by decay.
How is the theory of plate tectonics related to the radioactive decay of elements within earths interior?
As elements decay within the Earth's interior, they release energy. This energy creates movement within the magma (along with the rotation of the Earth and heat) and this movement causes the plates of the Earth to move, hence the geography of the planet is different to thousands and millions of years ago.
