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First, because the core is mainly liquid and the Earth is rotating. Second, The Earth get a little tug from the moon.
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∙ 7y agoWe live on the Earth's crust, which floats on the mantle. The mantle is semi-molten rock and the different temperatures cause the molten rock to rise and sink, which causes the movement.
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How is the water in the swimming pool different from earth's interior?
How is water in the swimmimg pool different from earth interior
Why is the earth interior a source of energy?
The heat in the Earth's interior comes from the gradual decay of radioactive isotopes, which were present from the moment the Earth formed.
How does earth interior help life on earth?
you yourself can change that
Is earth's crust stationary or moving?
Moving
Does heat from the earths interior reaches earth through conduction?
Heat from the earth's interior reaches the surface through a combination of convection and conduction.
What phenomenon is responsible for moving sedimentary and metamorphic rock into the Earth's interior?
Plate Tectonics.
What phenomenon is responsible for moving sedimentary and metamorphic rock into earths interior?
Plate Tectonics.
What is the earth's interior?
The earth's interior is called the core.
Will the plates ever stop moving?
No, plates will always keep moving because of the convection currents in the mantle under the Earth's crust, as long as the Earth's interior stays hot. This is not likely to happen before the Sun swallows up our planet far, far in the future.
Why doesn't the interior of the earth cool over time?
The interior of the Earth is slowly cooling.
What is 1 effect of radioactive decay in Earth's interior?
It helps keep the Earth's interior hot.
How is the water in the swimming pool different from earth's interior?
How is water in the swimmimg pool different from earth interior
What do you know about the earth interior?
the three ways in which we know about the interior of the earth are:volcanoesearthquake waves-under the earthdrilling
Why is the earth interior a source of energy?
The heat in the Earth's interior comes from the gradual decay of radioactive isotopes, which were present from the moment the Earth formed.
What is violent moving of the Earth?
The violent moving of the Earth is an Earthquake.
What energy source drives the processes that form igneous and metamorphic rocks is found in?
earth's interior
What is the resposible for the moving of the earth's contents?
Gravity. EVERYTHING depends on gravity. Well, gravity and inertia. Unless acted on by a force (such as gravity) things that are moving will keep moving until they bump into something else, and then everything keeps moving with the same total momentum. Comments: Obviously, the internal heat of the Earth has a lot to do with movement in the Earth's interior. In turn this can affect the surface by causing tectonic plate movements. So even the continents are slowly moving. Gravity is clearly an important factor too, of course.
