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How is the theory of plate tectonics related to the radioactive decay of elements within earths interior?
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As elements decay within the Earth's interior, they release energy. This energy creates movement within the magma (along with the rotation of the Earth and heat) and this movement causes the plates of the Earth to move, hence the geography of the planet is different to thousands and millions of years ago.
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How are plate tectonics and evolution related?
Plate tectonics and evlolution are related because they both
How is plate tectonics related to Natural Hazards?
plate tectonics are related to natural hazards because they cause them, such has erupting volcanoes, and trembling earthquakes.
How are crustal features related to plate tectonics?
well i think that it is that plate tectonics are when they move by earthquakes and crustal features are when they discribe the crustal and the plate tectonics.
Why are Pangaea and plate tectonics related?
Plate tectonics is the theory of continental drift. As Pangaea is what scientists and geologistsbase continental drift on (as it was the original cluster formation of all continents), they are very closely related and usually are within the same field of study.
What does worlds highest mountain range and worlds deepest point have in common?
Thy are created by plate tectonics and related to the movement of the Indian Subcontinent
How is the theory of plate tectonics related to the radioactive decay elements within the earth's interior?
The aesthenosphere is kept deformable largely through heat generated by radioactive decay
Do trace elements have to be radioactive?
No, trace elements are not necessarily radioactive. A link to a list of elements that have no natural radioactive isotopes is at a related question, below.
How can some places in the outer core be hotter than the inner core?
Concentrations of radioactive elements generate excess heat. A lot of the heat in the Earth's interior is related to radioactive isotopes of aluminum, and aluminum is less dense than the inner core, which is iron and nickel.
How are plate tectonics and evolution related?
Plate tectonics and evlolution are related because they both
How are volanoes and the process of plate tectonics related?
how are volcanoes and the process of plate tectonics related
Where did the store energy of earthquake come from?
I believe it's related to the heat from Earth's interior, which in turn is mainly due to radioactive decay.
What is stable elements?
Unstable elements are radioactive elements that spontaneously decay into other elements. Some are: Radon Uranium Plutonium See the related link for an article giving greater detail on isotope stability.
Radioactive elements include all those elements whose nuclei contain what?
Radioactive elements include all elements whose nuclei either:contain protons more than 83 proton, orcontain neutron to proton ratio out of the stability ratio.refer to related question below.
What radioactive elements are in the periodic table?
This is hard to answer.All elements have radioactive isotopes.Some elements have no known stable isotopes.It might be more instructive to put the periodic table aside and look at a table of nuclides instead. There's a link to one in the Related Links section.
What are facts about protactinium?
it's radioactive, and is one of the rarest and most expensive naturally occurring elements. It costs 280$ per gram. It is of the actinide series; which means "radioactive rare earth", so it's related to other really cool elements like plutonium.
How is plate tectonics related to Natural Hazards?
plate tectonics are related to natural hazards because they cause them, such has erupting volcanoes, and trembling earthquakes.
How are crustal features related to plate tectonics?
well i think that it is that plate tectonics are when they move by earthquakes and crustal features are when they discribe the crustal and the plate tectonics.
