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What is a slow rocky creeping motion of earth's rocky mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface?
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What causes convection currents it the mantle?
Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in earth's mantle.
What are the names of the region in earth's interior where convection currents occur?
The middle of the mantle.
What do you think will happen to the convection current in the mantle if the interior of earth eventually cools down?
the convection currents will stop
Does convection currents produce the heat in the Earths interior?
Convection currents are agents of heat transfer within Earth's interior. And could also serve as mechnism for heat generation in the earth crust.
What part of the earths interior is inferred to have convection currents that cause tectonic plated to move?
asthensophere
What drives the slow movement of the plates and the convection?
Mantle convection is the slow creeping motion of Earth's rocky mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface. It is the driving force that causes tectonic plates to move around the Earth's surface.
What will happen to the convection currents in the mantle if the earths interior cools down?
the convection currents will stop
What will happen to the convection currents in the mantle if Earth's interior eventually cooled down?
The convection currents will stop
What will happen to convection currents in the mantle if earth's interior eventually cools down?
the convection currents will stop
What will happen to the convection currents in the mantle if the Earth's interior cools down?
If Earth's interior cools to a non liquid state, the convection currents will stop.
Why is the mantle not solid?
Think about the asthenosphere. The molten rocks in this area are so hot, they flow like a fluid. Heat moves from warm areas to cooler areas. As the cool areas heat up, they become less dense and rise. Then they cool and sink. This circular pattern is called a convection current. The convection currents just beneath the earth's crust flow very slowly, causing movement in the earth's plates above them.
Convection currents produce the heat in the earths interior?
False.
What will happen to the convection currents in the mantle if earth's interior cools down?
Convection currents are transferring heat to the surface through the movement of mantle rock. If the interior of the planet cools, the mantle rock would be too solid to move, and there would be no heat to transfer.
Do convection currents produce the heat in the earth's interior?
Convection currents are agents of heat transfer within Earth's interior. And could also serve as mechnism for heat generation in the earth crust.
What will happen to the convection current in the mantle if Earth's interior eventually cools down?
the convection currents will stop
What will happen to the convections currents in the mantle if Earth's interior eventually cools down?
the convection currents will stop
Are there convection currents in the molten part of the earths interior?
Yes there are! That's why the plates move! It's caused by convection circulating the magma in the mantle creating currents!
