Podcast
Questions and Answers
What is one factor that contributes to the formation of magma?
What is one factor that contributes to the formation of magma?
What is the definition of half-life?
What is the definition of half-life?
In magma formation, what is decompression related to?
In magma formation, what is decompression related to?
How is heat transferred during magma formation as described in the text?
How is heat transferred during magma formation as described in the text?
Signup and view all the answers
Where do subduction zones occur?
Where do subduction zones occur?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the main cause of the Earth's internal heat according to the passage?
What is the main cause of the Earth's internal heat according to the passage?
Signup and view all the answers
Which of the following is not one of the four long-lived radioactive isotopes mentioned in the passage that continuously produce heat?
Which of the following is not one of the four long-lived radioactive isotopes mentioned in the passage that continuously produce heat?
Signup and view all the answers
According to the core accretion model described in the passage, what was the initial source of the Earth's internal heat?
According to the core accretion model described in the passage, what was the initial source of the Earth's internal heat?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the primary mechanism by which gravitational contraction of the Earth converted to internal heat?
What is the primary mechanism by which gravitational contraction of the Earth converted to internal heat?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the main reason the Earth's interior is still hot today?
What is the main reason the Earth's interior is still hot today?
Signup and view all the answers