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My guess: its almost like boiled water. you know how the steam rises? same with the heat from the magma in the mantle. The magma itself is around 500-900 degrees celcius, so the heat is much less by the time it makes it to the surface of the earth.
that is my guess
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What causes convection currents it the mantle?
Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in earth's mantle.
How are pressure and heat involved in melting rock in the mantle?
It is involved in the Mantle because heat Is used for the temepeter and pressure is for how close the mantle is
What affects the movement of the mantle?
the heat affects the movement of the mantle
Does slow movements of mantle rock called radiation transfer heat in the mantle?
You have the mechanism of heat transfer correct but the name for it incorrect! The process where slow movements of mantle rocks transfer heat is known as convection.
What layer of the mantle is most plastic or bendable?
Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid is called _________?
What is the Solid layer of earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure?
The mantle is the solid layer of earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure
How does heat flow through Earth's mantle?
It flows by getting so hot.
Is the heat source for the convection currents in the mantle for 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.
Is heat source for the convection currents in the mantle 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.
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.
How does convection current occur in the mantle?
radioactive decay takes place, which produces lot of heat and causes the mantle to flow in convection currents veena
How does convectinal currents occur in the mantle?
Convection currents happen in the mantle because of heat. This allows molten rock to flow toward the crust, as opposed to away from it.
In the mantle heat is transferred as soft rocks flow slowly in cycles known as?
Convection currents.
Explain the sequence of events that cause the movement of the plates on the earths surface use these terms core heat mantle flow rise sideways drag cools?
First the heat below the mantle makes even the solid part of the mantle flow very slowly as though it were very thick liquid. the hot rising part of the mantle cools as it nears the crust. as the cooling mantle moves sideways it drags along the plate floating on top of it. the arrows show the cooled mantle sinking back down. later on the mantle will may be get warm and rise again.
What conditions allow rock in the mantle to the flow?
cause it will keep going until the lava stop erupting will make the mantle stop
Is the sun the heat source for the convection currents in the mantle?
The heat in the Earth's interior comes from two main sources: the radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and crust and the primordial heat left over from the formation of the Earth.
What might cause solid rock in the Earth's interior to melt and begin to flow?
The mantle cause the mantle to flow.
