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Imagine you are heating a bowl of custard on a gas hob (the custard is the magma), and then you leave it for a few seconds. The custard at the bottom warms up and the custard at the top cools down. If you stir it then all the custard has a turn at the bottom and the top of the pan. This is a mini convection current.
If you then put an object on this current then it will move in the same direction as the current. When you get two currents going in opposite directions then the two plates on top of the currents will collide causing an earthquake.
Just to point out I only just learnt this at school so don't blame me if I'm wrong!!!!
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How does a convection current move rock?
How does a convection current move rock
How do Plates move where convection currents are rising-?
This tends to occur below a constructive / divergent plate boundary so the plates will move away from each other.
What is a Convection current model?
Convection currents in the mantle drag the plates like a conveyor belt.
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.
What causes earth 's plates to move continuously?
Convection in the earth's mantle.
Do convection current in oceans cause tectonic plates to move?
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
Do you have to have heat in a convection current?
Yes, because otherwise, the plates, moved by the convection currents, won't move at all.
How do plates move where convection currents are sinking?
When convection currents sink near the mantle, they create drag on the lithospheric plates above. This drag causes the plates to move in the direction of the sinking current. As the plates move, they can interact with other plates, leading to processes like subduction or mountain formation.
How does a convection current move rock?
How does a convection current move rock
How do Plates move where convection currents are rising-?
This tends to occur below a constructive / divergent plate boundary so the plates will move away from each other.
What causes your plates to move?
convection currents!
What do lithospheric plate movements have to do with convection?
there is convection in the mantle. it causes the plates to move.
What drives the plates together and apart?
Convection Current
Which layer of the earth contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates?
The upper mantle contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates.
How do plates move where convection are sinking?
They move towards each other.
How do lithosphere plates move where convection currents rise?
They move apart.
Why do the plates move?
because of convection currents in the mantle
