Convention Current

• Convention Current

  As a substance like water is heated, the less dense particles rise while denser particles sink. Once the hot less dense particles cool down, they sink, and the other less dense particles rise.

  
• The downward movement of the convection current occurs along a convergent boundary where the sinking force pulls the tectonic plate downward.
• The convection currents rotate very slowly, as they move and drag the plates along.
• Because of convection current, the tectonic plates are able to move slowly along the tectonic boundaries, pushing each other, sliding past each other and drifting away from each other.
• Conventional Current 


  current in the mantle because of the heat from the inner layers of the Earth, and is the force that drives the plates to move around