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BartSMP [9]
3 years ago
10

Why does convection occur in the mantle?

Geography
1 answer:
natulia [17]3 years ago
8 0
In the earth’s mantle , large amounts of heat are transferred by convection currents, which would cause the heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in the mantle . The hot rocks eventually will cool and sink back through the mantle which will make the cycle repeat which would be the cycle of rising and sinking .
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