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mylen [45]
4 years ago
11

One of the principal difficulties in establishing the theory of continental drift (the idea that tectonic plates drift around on

Earth's surface) was identifying a source of energy capable of powering such movements. What do we now believe to be the source of this energy?
Physics
1 answer:
iragen [17]4 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The energy that drives this movement is heat within the earth, this heat comes from two main sources which are;

1) residual heat left over from the formation of our planet billions of years ago.

2) The radioactive decay of naturally occurring chemical elements (notably uranium, thorium, and potassium ) in the earth releases energy in the form of heat. These two sources of heat warm Earth’s mantle and cause it to rise and sink, this rising and sinking creates a convectional movement of earth mantle.

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