Vocabulary
Convection & Mantle
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100
The transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light.
What is radiation
100
This is how heat moves: from a _____object to a _____object.
What is from a warmer object to a cooler object
100
When you heat up an object, the particles in the object move
What is faster
200
Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid.
What is convection
200
This is how energy from the sun is transferred.
What is by radiation
200
A cool fluid is more dense or less dense than a warm fluid.
What is more
300
Heat transfer between materials that are touching.
What is conduction
300
Heat from this causes convection currents inside Earth.
What is mantle and core
300
This kind of heat is transferred to your skin when you touch hot sand.
What is conduction
400
A measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance.
What is density
400
This combines with changes in a fluid's density and the force of gravity to set convection currents in motion.
What is the heating and cooling of a fluid
400
Three types of heat transfer.
What is radiation, convection and conduction
500
The flow that transfers heat within a fluid.
What is convection current
500
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
What is convection
500
The amount of mass in a given volume of a substance.
What is density
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