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The major ones involve the mantle and the oceanic crust.
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Why do convection currents not occur in some components of the structure of the earth?
Convection currents can occur in either a gas or liquid medium but not in a solid medium (so you can have them in air, and you can have them in magma, but you can't have them in solid rock) and they only occur when there is a temperature difference, so that hotter, less dense material will rise, and colder, denser material will sink.
Can uneven heating of air in earth's atmosphere cause convection to occur?
yes
If the tectonic plates float on a layer of the earths crust what is it called?
The mantle or perhaps you are referring to the asthenosphere, the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
Why does nuclear fusion not occur on earth?
Because the conditions of temperature and pressure that occur in stars do not occur on earth
Do volcanoes occur randomly over Earth's surface?
Volcanoes do not occur randomly over Earth's surface. They occur along the located mark of plate boundaries.
What layer of Earth can you find convection currents?
Convection currents occur in the mantle of the earth. They can affect the crust and the life above it, though.
What geological events occur because of covection currents in earths mantle?
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What layer inside the earth does the convection currents occur?
They occur in the Mantle.Prettyorc345Your welcome! I had the same problem on my science homework :)
What are convection currents and in which layer do they occur?
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The outermost layer of the earth The layer of the earth where earthquakes occur?
The crust
In which layer do convection currents causing sea floor spreading occur?
mantle
Where in the earth do convection currents occur?
Convection currents take place in the mantle.
Where in the structure of the earth do convection currents occur?
The mantle.
What are the layers in the earth that convection currents occur?
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On what layer of the earth do erosion and weathering occur?
the crust- most outer layer of earth
What layer of the atmosphere would a tornado occur in?
A tornado would occur in the troposphere, the layer closest to the Earth.
In which layer of earth does convection occur?
mantle
