What happens to the heated mantle as it transfers its heat energy to the lithosphere?
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Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface. ... This hot added material cools down by conduction and convection of heat.
The heat then flows through to the surface, again by conduction. ... The movement of heat by convection in the asthenosphere causes the rock of the mantle to slowly move in huge streams. The solid (but brittle) rock of the lithosphere is resting directly on top of the solid (but soft) rock of the asthenosphere.
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