How Do Convection Currents Move

How Do Convection Currents Move?

Heat rising and falling inside the mantle creates convection currents generated by radioactive decay in the core. The convection currents move the plates. Where convection currents diverge near the Earth’s crust, plates move apart. Where convection currents converge, plates move towards each other.

What is a convection current and how does it move?

A convection current is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another. It is also called convection heat transfer. … The heat energy can be transferred by the process of convection by the difference occurring in temperature between the two parts of the fluid.
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