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How does the mantle get energy to move in convection currents?
Its becomes the inner core and drifts
Convection is important in stars because it?
Mixes gases of the star and Transport energy outward
Convection currents carry thermal energy from the sun to Earth?
No. Convection requires a medium to carry thermal energy from one place to another. There is no or not enough of any material in space to accomplish this. Radiation will carry thermal energy from the sun to the Earth.
What causes the convection currents in the mantle?
The Earth's mantle has convection currents because the heat of the core acts similarly to the light bulb in our lava lamp. The core's heat energy is transferred to the mantle, causing it to rise towards the Earth's surface, which is cooler.
What is produced as the result of unequal warming of the earth?
The differing air temperatures cause the winds.
Is gas or a vacuum a better insulator?
Vacuums make better insulators as convection currents can not form to transport heat energy.
What are convection currents are and what they do?
thermal energy
The type of energy called convection happens as a result of?
Convection currents
Which process do air currents transfer heat energy throughout the room?
convection
What are convection currents and what do they transfer?
thermal energy
What is heat energy moving in currents?
convection
Does light consist of convection energy?
No, these are completely different. Light is an electromagnetic wave that can travel even in a vacuum (like space), whilst convection means transport of heat by currents of air or other medium, the currents being produced by the differences in density of the medium.
What 2 processes transport Earths energy surpluses poleward from the tropics?
Wind and water. Air currents (wind) carry heat poleward. This is mainly heat transfer by convection. Water currents carry heat poleward. This is heat transfer by convection and conduction.
The transfer of what form of energy leads to convection currents?
Heat Energy
What happen as thermal energy is transferred from the core to the mantle?
CONVECTION CURRENT is the answer.
How heat travels through convection?
Movement of Thermal energy is by the use of convection currents.
What type of energy starts the convection currents in the ocean?
THE ENGERGY is Kinetical energy
