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Movement in the layers. http://convectioncurrent.info. Movement in mantle. Occurs in asthenosphere Movement is convection Caused by changes in heat and density. More dense. Less dense. Density. the number of particles in a substance How tightly packed the particles are. Draw example.
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Movement in the layers http://convectioncurrent.info
Movement in mantle • Occurs in asthenosphere • Movement is convection • Caused by changes in heat and density More dense Less dense
Density • the number of particles in a substance • How tightly packed the particles are Draw example More dense material Will sink Less dense material Will rise or float
Convection • As mantle is heated by outer core the particles (atoms and molecules) move faster and farther apart • This movement makes the hot part of the mantle less dense • The material will slowly rise toward the crust
Convection • Mantle material is cooled as it nears the crust • This cooling causes the particles in the material to move slowerand closer together • The cooler material will slowly sink back toward the outer core
Convection • Convection is a flow of a fluid or air due to heating and cooling IE: Hot air rises. Cold air falls.
Convection Current • Convection Currents movement within a fluid by heat energy causing them to move in a circular fashion, • This material is magma and occurs in the Earth’s mantles asthenosphere
Uses of Convection • Hot air balloons
Uses of convections • Boiling water
Uses of convection • Heating and cooling homes
Uses of Convection • Weather
Convection Currents and Plate Tectonics http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/interior/how_plates_move.html
Animation of Plate movement • convection currents experiment - YouTube • http://www.absorblearning.com/media/attachment.action?quick=12p&att=2775 • http://education.sdsc.edu/optiputer/flash/convection.htm http://safeshare.tv/w/BmQVFPAdFm
Forces within the Earth caused by convection currents Compression – pushing together Convection Currents in asthenosphere Meeting This creates a CONVERGENT plate boundary
Forces within the Earth caused by convection currents Convection currents In asthenosphere Moving away Creates a DIVERGENT Plate boundary
Shearing - moving side-by-side • Forces within the Earth caused by convection currents Convection currents In asthenosphere Side by side create a TRANSFORM plate boundary