Convection Currents

What does heat do when convection currents are moving?

• Sinks

• Rises

• Stays in place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Colder, more dense magma near the crust...

• rises.

• sinks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Hotter, less dense magma near the core...

• rises.

• sinks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The plates of the crust move because...

• volcanoes erupt violently.

• of the weight of the oceans.

• of convection currents in the mantle.

• of the moon's gravity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When molten  material is heated in the mantle the molecules

• expand (spread out)
• condense (shrink together) 
• stay the same

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Convection currents occur due to...

• rotation of earth

• differences in temperature and density

• electrons moving

• gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is one reason Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• energy from the Sun

• magnetic Pole Reversal

• convection currents in the mantle

• faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Convection cycles move in the mantle. How does this affect the crust?

• crust has no motion

• crust moves in random directions

• crust moves in same direction convection cycle moves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Name the type of heat transfer shown in the picture.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Earth's ​ (a)   is always changing because of the ​ (b)   of magma in the ​ (c)   ​

• crust
• movement
• mantle
• core
• stillness
• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2