Convection and the Mantle

How is energy from the Sun transferred?

• by radiation

• by conduction

• by the force of gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Heat from which of these causes convection currents inside Earth?

• crust

• crust and core

• mantle and core

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

______ is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

When you heat up an object, the particles in the object move ______.

• the same speed

• faster

• slower

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Cold water has ______ density than warm water.

• less

• more

• the same

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When you touch hot sand, heat is transferred by _____ to your skin.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

_____, convection, and conduction are the three types of heat transfer.

• Conveyance

• Radiation

• Translocation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The amount of mass in a given volume of a substance is known as _____.

• density

• volume

• weight

The layers of the earth (in order) are:

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

How does heat move?

• from a warmer to a cooler object

• toward a hot object

• away from a cold object

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NGSS.4-PS3-2