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∙ 9y agoBelow the earth's surface in the mantle, radioactive decay creates molten rock, composed of liquids and gases. The heat of the reaction forces an upward current. This current causes a disruption to the cooler liquids and gases. This movement in the mantle pushes against the tectonic plates above it, pushing them upward. Over time, this process forms mountains.
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∙ 9y agoConvection currents form due to an increase in temperature in an enclosed space in which a fluid is located as warmer fluid moves to the top and cooler fluid moves to the bottom.
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∙ 13y agoThey can form from the crumpling or thickening of the crust, or from volcanic activity.
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∙ 10y agoHow are mid-ocean ridges created due to convection currents
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Convection Currents help form underwater mountains when tectonic plates move into one another.
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What is a constructive force caused by the convection currents in the earth's mantle?
Convection currents in the earth's mantle cause the plates to move. When this happens, mountains can form.
In what two places do convection currents form when the Sun heats Earth?
In what two places do convection currents form when the Sun heats Earth
Convection currents form when air temperatures are?
This happens when the are different .
How are currents that form in heated air similar to currents that form in heated water?
Currents that form in heated air are similar to currents that form in warm water because heated air goes up and cold air goes down creating convection currents.
Which of the folling can form in the geosphere and carry heat from earth mantle toward the surface conduction currents infared currents convection currents or surface currents?
in the atmosphere.
What is a constructive force caused by the convection currents in the earth's mantle?
Convection currents in the earth's mantle cause the plates to move. When this happens, mountains can form.
In what two places do convection currents form when the Sun heats Earth?
In what two places do convection currents form when the Sun heats Earth
Convection currents form when air temperatures are?
This happens when the are different .
What should the air temperature be for the convection currents to form?
has to be cold
What type of currents form as hot and cool portion of a liquid or gas move?
Convection currents.
Which diagram correctly indicates why convection currents form in water why water is heated?
which diagram correctly indicates why convection currents form in water when water is heated
What do convection currents form?
because of differences in pressure and density in a fluid
The transfer of what form of energy leads to convection currents?
Heat Energy
What causes convection currents to form in Earth's atmosphere?
Solar energy
What are some effects convection currents have on the world?
Convection currents inside the Earth happens. The part where the convection currents go up, it brings up materials from the mantle like rocks. This forms new crust. When the convection currents go down, it brings down some older, colder oceanic crust to the mantle, destroying it. In conclusion, the crust is formed and destroyed when convection currents inside the Earth happen.
What form of energy leads to convection currents?
the form of energy would be heat. convection currents are caused by uneven heating of air or fluid. The warmer fluid is more boyant than the cooler fluid, so it floats to the top, and creates a "convection current"
Which of the folling can form in the geosphere and carry heat from earth mantle toward the surface conduction currents infared currents convection currents or surface currents?
in the atmosphere.
