restless earth
- Created by: morganechapman
- Created on: 18-03-15 10:26
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- restless earth
- the earth is made up of three main layers: crust , mantle ,core
- HOW COVECTION CURRENTS CUASE PLATE MOVEMENT?
- 1) the core heats the molten rock in the mantle to create convection current
- 2) heated rock from the mantle rises to the earths surface
- 3) at the surface the convection current moves the tectonic plates in the crust
- 4) molten rock cools and flows back to the core to be reheated
- 3) at the surface the convection current moves the tectonic plates in the crust
- 2) heated rock from the mantle rises to the earths surface
- 1) the core heats the molten rock in the mantle to create convection current
- EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO PLATES ARE PULLED APART?
- a divergent boundary is formed when two plates are pulled apart?
- HOW COVECTION CURRENTS CUASE PLATE MOVEMENT?
- the earth is made up of three main layers: crust , mantle ,core
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