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Internal heat from the Earth known as _______________ energy is on the rise as an alternative energy source new killer

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Radioactive energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Earth keeps a nearly steady temperature, because it makes heat in its interior. .l

The process by which Earth makes heat is called radioactive decay. It involves the disintegration of natural radioactive elements inside Earth – like uranium, for example.

Sources of this radioactive energy from the earth

1. the radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and crust, and the

2 . primordial heat left over from the formation of Earth.

Earth's internal heat powers most geological processes and drives plate tectonics.

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