The temperature of the air.
the temperature of the air
Most convection currents exist in the mantle, the layer below the Earth's crust. As the semi-molten rock heats up, it rises closer to the surface, and it sinks as it cools. This is how plate tectonics works, as the crust's plates move on these currents.
Geologists have hypothesized that the movement of tectonic plates is related to convection currents in the earth's mantle. Convection currents describe the rising, spread, and sinking of gas, liquid, or molten material caused by the application of heat.
Heat from the sun creates convection currents which is where air rises and moves outwards, then sinks, and rises again and moves outwards again etc... And these muddled convection currents are more commonly known as wind. Hurricanes are most basically very windy storms, so if the suns energy makes wind, then it makes hurricanes too.
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the temperature of the air
Convection currents occur in any fluid in which there is a temperature differance. Most convection currents occur in the mantle, the layer of semi-liquid rock below the crust. These currents are the reason behind plate tectonics.
The Earth's core.
The Earth's core.
Water and dry air
The Earth's core.
Convection currents occur in the asthenosphere.
'Convection' currents do several things, most notably by creating wind. These currents also move clouds, providing rain, as well as other atmospheric features.
the layer that has convection currents is the mantle
Most convection currents exist in the mantle, the layer below the Earth's crust. As the semi-molten rock heats up, it rises closer to the surface, and it sinks as it cools. This is how plate tectonics works, as the crust's plates move on these currents.
Through currents and winds that propel energy
Geologists have hypothesized that the movement of tectonic plates is related to convection currents in the earth's mantle. Convection currents describe the rising, spread, and sinking of gas, liquid, or molten material caused by the application of heat.