Convection Current and the Mantle

How many types of heat transfer are there

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

The transfer of energy through empty space; has no direct contact between heat source and an object.

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Compaction

Heat transferred by direct contact of particles of matter.

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Compaction

Transfer of heat by the movement of a heated fluid (includes liquids and gases).

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Compaction

heating water on a stove is an example of

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Compaction

•Metal spoon heating up in a pot of hot soup is an example of

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Compaction

•Sunlight warming Earth’s surface is an example of

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Compaction

•heat source is the Earth’s _________ and from the mantle itself.

• Crust

• Core

• Lithosphere

• Ridge

When the material in the mantle heats up it becomes

• Less dense and rises

• Less dense and sinks

• More dense and rises

• more dense and sinks

Where do convection cycles happen?

• core

• mantle

• crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1