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How are plates motions connected with motions within the rest of the earths mantle?
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
What is a Convection current model?
Convection currents in the mantle drag the plates like a conveyor belt.
What is the mantles cycle that involves heating rising cooling and sinking?
The mantle cycle you are referring to is known as mantle convection. It involves the movement of hot, less dense mantle material rising towards the Earth's surface, cooling, then sinking back down into the mantle. This process is a driving force behind plate tectonics and the overall dynamics of Earth's lithosphere.
The driving forces to tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths what?
mantle.
What do you think will happen to the convection current in the mantle if the interior of earth eventually cools down?
If the interior of the Earth cools down, the convection currents in the mantle will gradually slow down and eventually stop. This will result in decreased heat transfer and mantle movement, potentially leading to a decrease in tectonic plate movement and volcanic activity over time.
How are plates motions connected with motions within the rest of the earths mantle?
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
How are plate motions connected with motions within the rest of earth's mantle?
convection currents in the mantle provide the basic driving forces for plate motions.
How are the plate motions connected with motions within the rest of earth mantle?
Plate motions are driven by convection currents in the Earth's mantle. Heat generated from the core causes mantle material to rise, move laterally, and then sink back down in a cycle. The moving mantle material drags the tectonic plates along with it, influencing their motions and interactions at the surface.
How are the parts of a convection current in the mantle related to the plate motions?
Convection currents in the mantle drive the movement of tectonic plates at the Earth's surface. As the hot mantle material rises, it pushes the plates apart at mid-ocean ridges. As the material cools and sinks back into the mantle, it pulls the plates down at subduction zones, creating a cycle that drives plate motion.
Which has not been proposed as a mechanism of plate motions?
The idea that plate motions are caused by electromagnetic forces has not been widely proposed as a mechanism of plate motions. The most accepted mechanism is the theory of plate tectonics, which suggests that plate motions result from the movement of convection currents in the Earth's mantle. Other proposed mechanisms include ridge push, slab pull, and mantle plumes.
When the heated part of the mantle rises through the cooler parts this an example of?
Convection
What is a Convection current model?
Convection currents in the mantle drag the plates like a conveyor belt.
Is the heat source for the convection current in the mantle in the sun?
The difference in temperature and density is the cause of convection currents in the earths mantle. Convection currents are the flow that transfers heat within a fluid.
What will happen to the convection current in the mantle if Earth's interior eventually cools down?
the convection currents will stop
Where does the heat come from that drives convection current the mantle?
uneven temperatures
How can you use the word 'convection current' in a sentence?
The convection current in the mantle drives the movement of tectonic plates.
What type of current drives earth's plates?
They are convection currents in the earth's mantle.
