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Where does the the heat come from that causes the convection of the earth?
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∙ 12y ago
Although year-to-year variations arise from thermal energy differences and other contributors such as tectonic uplift, the basic climatological structure of atmospheric circulation on the global scale remains at near-equilibrium conditions, as does the energy cycle through the Earth. Thus, the energy driving convection in the atmosphere was not created in isolation and does not act alone.
Rather, Earth's energy cycle is a connected chain of energy transactions that is continuously running and driving downstream processes. Starting from the conversion of incoming solar flux into surface heat, geothermal energy, tidal energy, etc., each energy-requiring process pushes the next step in the sequence, and convection of air in the atmosphere is one of the links in the connected chain that was driven by previous steps and will drive subsequent steps.
Therefore, convection in the atmosphere is not driven by any immediately identifiable energy source (since all contributing energy also came from elsewhere), but as a step in the flow of energy throughout the Earth connects into an interwoven energy cycle at steady-state conditions that fuels water circulation, material flow, biological processes, so on and so forth.
Similarly, the circulation of ocean water is the sum of contributing variables such as breaking waves, wind, Coriolis force, temperature and salinity differences, and tides caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun, all of which are processes driven by other upstream processes. The interconnected energy cycle continues to run at steady-state conditions, with the cause and effects of upstream energy transactions adding up to the circulation process of ocean water.
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∙ 8y agoWind is the energy that drive surface ocean currents come from.
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∙ 8y agoThe energy that heats the atmosphere and ocean waters come from sunlight.
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∙ 12y agoThe tectonic plates moving.
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∙ 11y agoPrevailing Winds
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∙ 12y agowind
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∙ 12y agoThe sun.
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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.
Heat rising from within earth causes earth's what to move?
Heat rising from within the Earth causes the Earth's tectonic plates to move. The constant rising and sinking of heat are called convection currents.
What does the mantle convection cause?
Mantle convection is the slow motion of the Earth's silicate mantle, caused by convection currents that carry heat from the interior to the surface of the Earth. Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates to move around the Earth's surface, causing earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity.
What drives the process of plate teconics?
Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates of the Earth to move slowly. Mantle convection is when heat moves from the mantle to the surface and causes the mantle, and the tectonic plates to move very slowly.
Mantle convection is a circulation of the heat emitted by the earth's?
core
What effect does the heat that causes convection in the earth come from?
Friction
What causes convection currents it the mantle?
Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in earth's mantle.
Heat rising from within earth causes earth's what to move?
Heat rising from within the Earth causes the Earth's tectonic plates to move. The constant rising and sinking of heat are called convection currents.
For convection currents in the asthenosphere where does the heat come from?
The bottom of the Earth. :)
From convection currents in the asthenosphere where does the heat come from?
from the bottom of the earth
What causes convection currents in the earth's mantle and oceans and in the air?
Heat differentials.
The primary force that causes sea floor to spread?
Convection currents in the earth's mantle. Release of heat from earth's interior.
What causes the earth plate to move?
The intense heat in the Earth's core causes molten rock in Earth's mantle to shift. That causes a pattern called a convection cell which forms when material rises, cools, and sinks. When the material sinks, it is warmed and rises again.
The convention that causes earths magnetic field happens in earths?
core
What does the mantle convection cause?
Mantle convection is the slow motion of the Earth's silicate mantle, caused by convection currents that carry heat from the interior to the surface of the Earth. Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates to move around the Earth's surface, causing earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity.
What caused the plates to move?
The intense heat in the Earth's core causes molten rock in Earth's mantle to shift. That causes a pattern called a convection cell which forms when material rises, cools, and sinks. When the material sinks, it is warmed and rises again.
Is it true the heat from the sun reaches earth through convection?
No that is not true, heat from the Sun does not reach the Earth by means of convection.
