Key points: 1  The Australian climate is not just hot â it offers a climate to suit everyone across its eight states and territories. 2  Situated in the southern hemisphere, Australiaâs seasons are at opposite times to the northern hemisphere. 3  Australiaâs tropical region also has a âwetâ and a âdryâ season.
Convection currents are the transfer of heat through the Earth's magma. They can be found in the mantle. The hottest part of the Earth is the core. the heat from the core is transferred into the lower mantle.
Large convection currents in the ____________________ transfer heat to the surface, where plumes of less dense magma break apart the plates at the spreading centers, creating divergent plate boundaries.