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Scientists think that the mantle is semi-solid and acts like a liquid because of its ability to flow slowly over long periods of time. This behavior is called plastic deformation, which allows the mantle to flow in response to stress and heat. The mantle's semi-solid nature is also supported by seismic data and laboratory experiments on rock samples.
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Scientists think that plate motion is the result of the movement of material in what part of earth?
Scientists think that plate motion is the result of the movement of material in the Earth's mantle. This movement is driven by processes such as mantle convection, where hot material rises and cool material sinks, generating forces that cause the tectonic plates to move.
The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth's?
mantle.
Scientists think plates are moved by?
volcanos and earthquakes
How do scientist think most magma is formed?
Scientists believe that most magma is formed through the melting of rock in the Earth's mantle due to temperature increase or changes in pressure. This process can occur in subduction zones, where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, or in hot spot locations where plumes of hot mantle material rise towards the surface.
Why do Earth scientists think that rigid slabs of the lithosphere are descending into the mantle near the Tonga Island?
Close by the Tonga Island on the ocean floor lies the Tonga trench, which is a convergent boundary. At the Tonga trench the Pacific plate is subducting beneath the Australian-Indian plate, sending slabs of the Pacific plate into the mantle.
What do scientists think causes the movement of Earthes plates?
Convection movements; currents in Earth's interior. Note that a significant part of Earth's interior is liquid.
Is the mantle solid liquid or other?
Liquid I Think
What do scientists think causes movements of the pates?
Convection currents in the mantle.
Scientists think that plate motion is the result of the movement of material in what part of earth?
Scientists think that plate motion is the result of the movement of material in the Earth's mantle. This movement is driven by processes such as mantle convection, where hot material rises and cool material sinks, generating forces that cause the tectonic plates to move.
Why do scientists think there is liquid in the Earth's core?
Scientist think there is liquid in the Earth's core because the temperature there is far too high for any rocks or metals to remain solid
What do the continents lie on?
My year 7 Geography teacher told mt that under the continents there is a substance like a soild-liquid. It is soild under preaseure and it the preasure is released then it turns to a liquid.I don't know for sure, because I am twelve, but I would think that currently this solid-liquid would be a soilid because the average specific gravity of continents is 2.7 and once a gain, I don't know if that is heavy and putting alot of preassure on this solid-liquid or not.
The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth's?
mantle.
What is mantle and where is it located?
The Earth's mantle is a region of the planet that starts below the crust, and ends at the core. It accounts for the largest portion of the Earth's volume, but what is the Earth's mantle made of? The Earth's mantle is about 2,970 km thick, making up about 84% of the Earth's total volume. You might think it's a liquid, since volcanoes erupt lava from the mantle. But actually, the magma is mostly solid rock . Magma is liquid rock that seeps out of the mantle and collects into pockets beneath the crust called magma chambers.
What is earth's mantle and where is it located?
The Earth's mantle is a region of the planet that starts below the crust, and ends at the core. It accounts for the largest portion of the Earth's volume, but what is the Earth's mantle made of? The Earth's mantle is about 2,970 km thick, making up about 84% of the Earth's total volume. You might think it's a liquid, since volcanoes erupt lava from the mantle. But actually, the magma is mostly solid rock . Magma is liquid rock that seeps out of the mantle and collects into pockets beneath the crust called magma chambers.
What do scientist think might exist under Europa's crust?
Scientists believe that there is liquid water, under the crust of Europa.
If a liquid and soild exist in equilibrium over a considerabil wider rang of temperature while you measure the melting point of compound what do you think about the purity of your compound?
The compound is not pure; pure compounds have a definite melting point.
How do scientists think earths crust moves?
The crustal plates (made mostly of low density granitic rock) float on the mantle (made mostly of high density basaltic rock). Convection cells in the mantle move the floating crustal plates around.
