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What material property explains how both types of convection work?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Why is conduction the dominant form of heat transfer within the lithosphere?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Density of the material

Answer to Question 2

Lithospheric convection cannot work because of the very high viscosity of the materials, whereas the lower viscosity in the mantle and the huge mass permits slow mantle convection.



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