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Warmer material in a convection current rises upwards.
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Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
What makes tectonic plates move?
convection currents :)
Scientists think plates are moved by?
volcanos and earthquakes
Which way do currents move in the northern hemisphere southern hemisphere?
Currents in the Northern Hemisphere move in a clockwise direction. Currents in the Southern Hemisphere move in a counter clockwise direction.
How do convection currents in the mantle effect lithosphere movement?
Convection currents rotate in the Lithosphere, which causes the surface of the Earth to move.
What direction do convection currents-move?
Convection currents move in upward direction
The layer in which convection currents move?
Convection currents move in the Mantle.
What determine the direction of heat flow?
Convection currents.
How are convection currents in water like convection currents in earths mantle?
They both are the same because they are currents that move like waves
Do convection currents in the oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
What causes your plates to move?
convection currents!
How does the convection currents cause te crust of the Earth to move?
Because the convection currents involve the Earth's crust.
How do plates move where convection currents are risig?
The lithosphere is the continental crust, oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle. The convection currents move in the mantle mostly in the Asthenosphere layer under the lithosphere. As the convention currents move it makes the lithosphere spread and shake.
Which layer of the earth contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates?
The upper mantle contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates.
What effect does convection currents in the upper mantle have on the crust?
Convection currents in the mantle create plate tectonics.
How do lithosphere plates move where convection currents rise?
They move apart.
How do earths convection currents move?
from plate tectonics
