Earths hot interior
Mantle convection
earths interior
earth's interior
Sunlight provides the energy that drives the reaction.
The engine that drives atmospheric circulation is the sun - which provides the energy for the circulation.
Earths hot interior
No. Heat from the interior of the Earth trying to reach the surface drives lithospheric plate movements which are mostly responsible for the formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Mantle convection
Mantle convection
Mantle convection
earths interior
earth's interior
The magma that forms an intrusion or feeds a volcano provides the heat that drives hydrothermal activity.
High pressure is the factor that drives the ozone formation. It is formed by the UV rays of the sun.
Gravity
solar energy
There are two, gravity and thermal energy from the core. Thermal energy from the core heats the rock to melting, gravity pulls the weight of the entire atmosphere, biosphere and crust down on the outer and inner mantles creating great pressure on the molten rock and on the core. All the energy is then contained and insulated by the crust which "floats" on top of the molten layer. Cracks or fissure sometimes provide a path for some of the molten rock, magma, to escape through the crust. This happens both on land and under the ocean. When this molten rocks escapes the crust it called lava, it cools and hardens to form igneous rock. Metamorphic rock is a pre-existing form of rock that has been subjected to the great pressures and heat described above long enough to allow a metamorphosis to occur in that rock, marble is an excellent example of metamorphic rock.