EXAMPLE OF

MANTLE
CONVECTION

WHAT CAUSES
CONVECTION
CURRENTS? MANTLE
Heat in the mantle
CONVECTION
comes from the Earth's
molten outer core,
decay of radioactive NAME: Maximo DL.
elements and, in the Domingo JR.
upper mantle, friction
from descending SECTION: 10-J.PALMA
tectonic plates. The
warmer, less dense rock
material near the core
slowly moves upward.
 WHAT IS MANTLE
CONVECTION?

HOW DOES CONVECTION

MANTLE CONVECTION IS
WHAT CAUSES
CELLS WORK IN THE THE VERY SLOW
MANTLE? CREEPING MOTION OF
CONVECTION CURRENTS
EARTH'S SOLID SILICATE
IN EARTH’S MANTLE MANTLE CAUSED BY
THE MANTLE I HEATED FROM
CONVECTION CURRENTS
BELOW (THE CORE), AND IN
HEAT IN THE MANTLES
CARRYING HEAT FROM
AREAS THAT ARE HOTTER IT
COMES FROM THE THE INTERIOR TO THE
EARTH’S MOLTEN RISES UPWARDS (IT IS PLANET'S SURFACE. THE
OUTER CORE, DECAY
BUOYANT), WHEREAS IN EARTH'S SURFACE
RADIOACTIVE AND
ELEMENTS AND, IN AREAS THAT ARE COOLER IT LITHOSPHERE RIDES
THE UPPER MANTLE,
FRICTION FROM SINK. THIS SINK DOWN. THIS ATOP THE
DESCENDING RESULT IN CONVECTION ASTHENOSPHERE AND
TECTONIC PLATES. THE TWO FORM THE
THE TEMPERATURE CELLS IN MANTLE, AND
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRODUCES HORIZONTAL
COMPONENTS OF THE
THE UPPER AND UPPER MANTLE.
LOWER BOUNDARIES MOTION OF MANTLE

OF THE MANTLE MATERIALS THE CLOSE TO

REQUIRES HEAT
TRANSFER TO OCCUR EARTH SURFACE