Iris: Thermal Convection: What Are the Forces That Drive Plate Tectonics? Instructional Video

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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

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Iris: Thermal Convection: What Are the Forces That Drive Plate Tectonics?

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Video introduces mantle convection which is the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the Earth to the surface. It goes on to explain how the Earth's internal heat is the energy source for plate tectonics and gravity forces are what move the plates. [6:54]

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Concepts

convection currents, iris, plate tectonics

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gravity forces, incorporated research institutions for seismology, ohio pg.ims.1.e, what are the forces that drive plate tectonics?, ridge push, slab pull, thermal convection system, thermal energy within the earth

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Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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