The document discusses how convection currents in Earth's mantle cause the movement of tectonic plates. Hot mantle material rises and cools, becoming dense and sinking back down, driving circular mantle flow patterns. This convection causes tectonic plates, which sit atop the mantle, to slowly move over geologic timescales.
5. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THINK-PAIR-SHARE
Which one is heavier/more dense:
Hot things or cold things
Example: hot water vs cold water,
hot air vs cold air
8. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THINK-PAIR-SHARE
Where is it hottest in earths layers?
Where is it coldest?
9. CONVECTION AND THE MANTLE
hot mantle rises
cool mantle sinks
1. heat from core heats up rocks in
mantle
mantle cools (more dense)
rock expands(less dense)
10. CONVECTION AND THE MANTLE
1. heat from core heats up rocks in
mantle
2. rock expands(less dense)
3. hot mantle rises
4. mantle cools (more dense)
5. cool mantle sinks
11. CONVECTION AND THE MANTLE
Convection of mantle causes
tectonic plates to move