Question

Which of the following facts could be used in an explanation of why cooking using hot springs is possible? You may choose more than one.

A.Heat from Earth’s mantle often escapes to the surface at plate boundaries.
B.Earth’s tectonic plates are constantly moving and even breaking apart to form new plates.
C.Thermal energy from Earth’s mantle can heat up groundwater, causing hot springs and geysers.
D.More than half of the heat generated by Earth comes from radioactive decay within the crust and the mantle.
E.Material within Earth’s mantle rises as it heats, then cools near the crust and sinks again. This convection causes the movements of tectonic plates.

Answer 1

Cooking with hot springs is enabled by heat escaping from Earth's mantle to the surface and thermal energy heating groundwater, with over half of Earth's heat generated by radioactive decay.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cooking using hot springs is possible due to various geothermal and geological processes. The critical facts that enable this phenomenon include:

• Heat from Earth's mantle often escapes to the surface at plate boundaries (A).

• Thermal energy from Earth's mantle can heat up groundwater, causing hot springs and geysers (C).

• More than half of the heat generated by Earth comes from radioactive decay within the crust and the mantle (D).

The heat that facilitates this cooking is primarily due to the convection currents within the Earth's mantle which transport heat upwards.

This convection is powered by the heat from radioactive decay and residual heat from the Earth's formation. When this heat reaches the groundwater, it can result in hot springs, which are then capable of being used for cooking.