Convection Currents

Convection currents occur when ______________________ energy transfers between a fluid.

• potential

• kinetic

• thermal/heat

• electric

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Heat flow (convection current) in the ocean and the atmosphere is...

• cool flows down - warm flows up

• cool flows up - warm flows down

• cool flows up - warm flows up

• cool flows down - warm flows down

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Convection currents occur in...

• fluids

• solids

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Convection currents in the Earth's mantle are caused by:

• Less dense hot magma moving downward

• Less dense hot magma moving upward

• Tectonic plate movement

• More dense cooler magma moving upward

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Air rising up above the Earth's surface causes a...

• High pressure area

• Low pressure area

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Is this image a Land breeze or a Sea breeze?

• Land breeze

• Sea breeze

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What drives our Convection Currents and effects our Climate Zones on Earth?

• Mountains

• Moon

• Oceans

• Sun

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What is an example of convection currents

• Feeling the heat from a bonfire with your friends

• Touching a hot curling iron

• The movement of air in a circular motion in the atmosphere

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Where do convection currents occur?

• In the classroom

• In the atmosphere

• Inside the Earth in the mantle

• Inside the Earth in the inner core

• In a pot of cold water

True or False

Convection currents can happen in a bunch of different examples around the world.

• True

• False

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