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Why does heat flow from the center of the earth to the surface?
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∙ 12y ago
the earth's hot materials move towards the earth's surface because the crust is weak and there is no other way in which the hot materials can escape except explosion. there is no other place to where it can magically teleport so to escape so thus, it explodes out mostly through the weak cracks and fissures on the earth's surface. -Zulekha Das
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Why does heat from earths center flow toward the surface?
it flows because if convection currents
What is the heat from below earth's surface called?
Heat from inside the Earth is called geothermal heat.
What is the Solid layer of earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure?
The mantle is the solid layer of earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure
What causes earth's surface to heat?
The sun ray's are most responsible for Earth's surface temperature.
How does heat in the Earth's mantle relate to hotspots and geysers?
Hotspots and geysers transfer heat from the Earth's mantle to the Earth's surface.
Where is heat flow the highest on the surface of the earth?
Mid Ocean Ridges
Why does heat from earths center flow toward the surface?
it flows because if convection currents
What is the heat from below earth's surface called?
Heat from inside the Earth is called geothermal heat.
What affects the distribution of heat received by the Earth's surface?
The formalism of Huestis for placing bounds on subsurface temperatures is generalized to the case of heat flow measurements on a surface which is neither flat nor isothermal. The strip extending between the surface and the depth of interest is imbedded in a larger flat strip extending to a horizontal level everywhere above the topography. Using linear programming, heat sources within and temperatures on the boundary of this simpler region are found such that the heat flow data and temperatures on the Earth's surface are fit, heat production constraints are met, and the extremal bound is achieved.
When the heat beneath the surface of Earth melts the plate material and sends molten rock to the surface what occurs?
A volcanic eruption, or just a simple lava flow, depending on the magnitude.
What occurs when when the heat beneath the surface of earth melts the plate material and sends molten rock to the surface?
A volcanic eruption, or just a simple lava flow, depending on the magnitude.
Heat from the earths center flows toward the suface because why?
Heat from the Earth rises to the surface because heat rises. Heat rises because it is energy and the atoms are looking for more space to move freely in.
Why Earth's interior is warmer than its surface?
Earth's surface is free to radiate heat into space. The interior is not. The interior does transfer heat the the surface, but rather slowly. It is hot due to residual heat from Earth's formation and from the heat generated by the decay of radioactive elements.
What surface heat faster then water surface on earth?
water!
What is the Solid layer of earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure?
The mantle is the solid layer of earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure
Which layer of the Earth is heat escaping at Earth's surface?
lithosphere
What does the heat from the Earth's core do?
It attempts to reach the surface of the Earth.
