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    The Earth's interior is composed of four layers - an inner solid iron core, a liquid outer core of iron and sulfur, a hot rocky mantle that flows slowly via convection currents, and the outer crust that forms the Earth's surface. Mantle convection is caused by hot material in the mantle rising and cooler material sinking, creating circulation patterns that help drive plate tectonics and surface phenomena like volcanoes.

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    The Earth's interior is composed of four layers - an inner solid iron core, a liquid outer core of iron and sulfur, a hot rocky mantle that flows slowly via convection currents, and the outer crust that forms the Earth's surface. Mantle convection is caused by hot material in the mantle rising and cooler material sinking, creating circulation patterns that help drive plate tectonics and surface phenomena like volcanoes.

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    The Earth's interior is composed of four layers - an inner solid iron core, a liquid outer core of iron and sulfur, a hot rocky mantle that flows slowly via convection currents, and the outer crust that forms the Earth's surface. Mantle convection is caused by hot material in the mantle rising and cooler material sinking, creating circulation patterns that help drive plate tectonics and surface phenomena like volcanoes.

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    Earth’s Interior

    The Earth's interior is composed of four layers,


    three solid and one liquid.

    The deepest layer is a solid iron ball This inner


    core is white hot, the pressure is so high the iron
    cannot melt.

    The outer core, a shell of liquid iron. This layer is


    cooler but still very hot, It too is composed mostly
    of iron, plus substantial amounts of sulfur and
    nickel. It creates the Earth's magnetic field

    The next layer is the mantle. it flows under


    pressure, like road tar. This creates very slow-
    moving currents as hot rock rises from the depths
    and cooler rock descend

    The crust is the outermost layer of the Earth. It is


    the familiar landscape on which we live: rocks,
    soil, and seabed
    Mantle
    Convection
    Earth
    EARTH, OUR HOME planet, is a world unlike any
    other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is
    the only place in the known universe
    confirmed to host life.

    With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the fifth


    largest planet in our solar system, and it's the
    only one known for sure to have liquid water
    on its surface. Earth is also unique in terms of
    monikers. Every other solar system planet was
    named for a Greek or Roman deity, but for at
    least a thousand years, some cultures have
    described our world using the Germanic word
    “earth,” which means simply “the ground.”
    What causes convection
    currents in earth's
    mantle?
    Convection currents in earth’s mantle are
    caused by the rise of hot material rising
    towards the crust, becoming cooler and
    sinking back down.

    Convection currents within the mantle


    What causes
    MANTLE provide one potential driving force for plate
    movement. The plastic movement of the convection currents
    CONVECTION
    mantle material moves like the flow of Convection currents are the result of differential
    Geologists believe the molten rock deep within mountain glaciers, carrying the lithospheric heating. Lighter, warm material rises while heavier
    the earth circulates by convection currents. The cool material sinks. It is this movement that
    plates along as the convection movement in
    rock is in a semi-liquid state and should behave creates circulation patterns known as convection
    the mantle moves the asthenosphere. currents in the atmosphere, in water, and in the
    like any other fluid, rising up from the bottom of
    the mantle after becoming hotter and less dense mantle of Earth.
    from the heat of the earth’s core. As the rock Slab pull, slab (trench) suction and ridge
    loses heat into the earth’s crust, it becomes push may also contribute to plate In the atmosphere, as air warms it rises, allowing
    relatively cooler and more dense, sinking back cooler air to flow in underneath. Along with the
    movement. Slab pull and slab suction mean
    down to the core. These constantly circulating turning of the Earth, this movement of air creates
    that the mass of the descending plate pulls winds. Winds, in turn, create surface waves on the
    cells of hotter and cooler molten rock are
    thought to help heat the surface. Some the trailing lithospheric slab across the ocean.Convection also plays a role in the
    geologists believe convection currents within the asthenosphere and into the subduction movement of deep ocean waters and contributes
    earth are a contributing cause of volcanoes, zone. to oceanic currents.

    Inside Earth, the convection of mantle material is


    thought to cause the movement of the overriding
    crustal plates, resulting in events such as

    CONVECTION A convection current is a process that

    IN EARTH’S involves the movement of energy from

    MANTLE
    one place to another. It is also called to
    as convection heat transfer.

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