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The common thing between the Earth’s crust and conveyor belt
Answer to Problem 14TE
Like conveyor belts in a factory moves boxes the Earth’s crust gets a free ride with the
Explanation of Solution
The Earth’s crust is very thin as compared to other three layers in its core. And it is only about
The temperature of the crust varies as the distance from the top of its layer, as we move down the crust, the temperature varies near exponentially and may go about 1600 degrees.
The other portion of the Earth’s core known as the mantle moves due to the convection currents and the mantle of the core is responsible for the movement of the crust, as when it moves it pushes the crust to move along with it. This process can be compared with the conveyor belt used in the factories to move the work from one place to another place inside the factory.
Conclusion:
Therefore, like conveyor belts in a factory moves boxes the Earth’s crust gets a free ride with the convection currents and move many Earth’s plates from one location to the other.
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