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Lava Lamps Are Commonly Used to Illustrate How Convection Cells

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Lava lamps are commonly used to illustrate how convection cells in the mantle convey heat from the core to the exterior of the Earth.Explain how convection works, using a lava lamp as a proxy for the Earth.

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