Monday, November 18, 2013

Convection Currents and Plate Movement

How are convection currents related to plate tectonics ?





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  1. Convection currents move the plates.

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  2. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.
    Source:
    http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/01...

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  3. Because convection currents is the heating rising cooling process and if the crust and part of the upper mantle wasn't divided into sections the heated material couldn't rise up.

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  4. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.

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  5. convection currents move the plates.

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  6. owen The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.
    Source:
    http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/01...

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  7. Help volcanoes erupt, and the they both cause the tectonic plates to move

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  8. When the cold materials sink to the bottom it makes the plates move releasing gases thus causing an eruption.

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  9. Convictions help the plates move and rub against each other.

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  10. The cool material goes down and the hot material goes up. The plates slip either up or down as a result.

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  11. Convections currents move the plates.

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  12. Well convection current moves the plates.

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  13. And adding to the other one it also does one plate slides under the other and and slides across the other flat and down.

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  14. Convection currents move the plates and stuff.

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  15. Convection currents keep the plates shifting.

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  16. Convection currents move the plates.

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  17. Convection currents move the tectonic plates.

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  18. People think that convection currents cause the tectonic plates to move.

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  19. convection currents move the plates

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  20. Convection currents keep the plates shifting.

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  21. People think that convection currents cause the tectonic plates to move and shift

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  22. Amelia A
    Convection currents move the plates.

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  23. Convection Currents helps to move the tectonic plates.

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  24. Convection currents, shift the plates.

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  25. Convection currents move the tectonic plates

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  26. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant rafts on top of the mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

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  27. Convections Currents move the plates.

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  28. Convection currents move the tectonic plates

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  29. The cool material goes down and the hot material goes up. The plates slip either up or down as a result

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  30. The cool minerals go down and the hot minerals go up the plates either slip or go up or down.
    loganm

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  31. Convection can be demonstrated by placing a heat source at the side of a glass full of a liquid, and observing the changes in temperature in the glass caused by the warmer fluid moving into cooler areas.

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    1. They both move and slip up and down.

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  32. They both move and slip up and down.

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  33. currents move the tectonic plates

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  34. The convection currents move the tectonic plates slowly.Patrick hussey

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  35. Convection helps makes the plates move.

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  36. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.
    Source:
    http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/01...

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  37. Convection currents keep the plates shifting.

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  38. Convictions help the plates move and rub against each other.

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  39. Convection currents move tectonic plates very slowly.

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  40. convection is what makes the plates move

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  41. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.

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  42. Convection currents cause plate tectonics to shift, because convection currents are hot rock that flows under the surface, often going around in a sort of circular process moving the tectonic plates.

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  43. Convection Currents helps to move the tectonic plates.

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  44. Because convection currents is the heating rising cooling process.

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  45. hi i think The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.

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  46. Convection currents move the tectonic plates.

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  47. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents

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  48. Convection currents move the tectonic plates.

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  49. Convection currents move the tectonic plates.

    Mark T

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  50. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.
    Source:
    http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/01...

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  51. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents.
    McKayla

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  52. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents.

    McKayla. M

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  53. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core. (From Yahoo)

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  54. Conventional currents help tectonic plates move.

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  55. The Earth's surface is made up of a series of large plates that are are in constant motion. Convection current underneath the plates move in all directions, this convection currents are caused by heated up radioactive decay.

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  56. The Earth's surface is made up of a series of large plates that are are in constant motion. Convection current underneath the plates move in all directions, this convection currents are caused by heated up radioactive decay. - Devon Sargent

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  57. Convection Currents move the Plate Tectonics

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  58. The Earth's surface is made up of a series of large plates that are are in constant motion. Convection current underneath the plates move in all directions, this convection currents are caused by heated up radioactive decay. - Devon Sargent

    - Gavin M

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  59. The earth's tectonic plates are in motion, moving like giant 'rafts' on top of the semi-molten mantle below. However this movement is slow and rates vary from less than 2.5cm /yr to over 15cm/yr.

    The movement of the earth's crustal plates is believed to be due to convection currents which occur in the semi-molten mantle. These convection currents are created by heat from within the earth - much of which is generated by radioactive decay in the core.

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  60. The convection currents move plates !

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  61. the convection current moves the plates.

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  62. One way convection currents and tectonic plates are related is that the convection currents move the tectonic plates.

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