Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

It can travel high to low and low to high.

Can convection currents occur in a solid?

Yes. In a solid, liquid, and gas.

What is an example of a convection current?

Movement of gas in a hot air balloon.

Touching a hot spoon that was in a soup bowl.

Feeling the suns rays on a nice summer day.

Touching an iron skillet after cooking and feeling the heat.

movement of high pressure to low pressure

movement of low pressure to high pressure

Cool air moves in to replace warm air

Warm air moves into replace cool air

Dry air moves in to replace moist air

Both air masses are the same temperature

What is the driving force of currents in the oceans and atmosphere?

Unequal heating of the Earth by the Sun

Equal heating of the Earth by the Sun

Soalr radiation heating only the oceans

Solar radiation heating only the land surfaces

Heat flow in the oceans and the atmosphere is

Cool flows down-warm flows down

Ocean currents are created by

Less dense warm water rising and more dense cold water sinking

Convection Currents

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If differences in air pressure produce winds, what can you conclude about temperature and air pressure based on the figure?

As warm air rises, it creates an area of lower pressure, and cooler air flows in as wind

Warm air is denser than cold air is, creating an area of high pressure the produces wind.

Winds flow from areas of low pressure to areas high pressure when temperature is warmer

Air pressure decreases at night because temperature is lower, producing land and sea breezes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Heat transfer by convection is caused by differences in what two things:

Thickness and material

Weight and electricity

Temperature and density

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called

conduction current

radiation

condition current

convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The main reason that we have currents in the ocean and air is

the sun heats the air and ocean evenly everywhere

the heat inside the earth heats the ocean and the ocean heats the air

the sun cannot heat both the air and water, so one must heat the other

the sun heats air and water more at the equator because it receives more direct sunlight

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Energy for convection on the Earth comes from...

The sun

The moon

Solar winds

The ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In convection, COOL air

Rises

Sinks

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In convection, WARM air

Rises

Sinks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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Convection Currents

38 questions

If differences in air pressure produce winds, what can you conclude about temperature and air pressure based on the figure?

Heat transfer by convection is caused by differences in what two things:

The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called

The main reason that we have currents in the ocean and air is

Energy for convection on the Earth comes from...

In convection, COOL air

In convection, WARM air

The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...

Heat transfers from an area of __temperature to an area of _ temperature.

Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

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