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Is a lava lamp an example of convection?
yes
What are two examples of convection?
lava lamp, and a hot stove
What causes the movement of the liquid in a lava lamp?
Convection is when hot substances rise and cool ones sink. The colored wax heats up at the bottom of the lamp where the bulb is, then rises up, cools, and sinks again.
What can you do to make a graph for an lava lamp?
how to make a graph for a lava lamp
How long can you keep a lava lamp on for?
It is not recommended to keep the lava lamp on for longer than 10 hours at a time.
Is a lava lamp an example of convection?
yes
Is a lava lamp an example of heat transfer by convection?
Yes
What are two examples of convection?
lava lamp, and a hot stove
What is a lava lamp circulating lava inside itself?
The "lava" in a lava lamp is just melted colored wax. Convection currents cause blobs of the wax to rise and fall in the clear mineral oil mixture.
What does the liquid inside of a lava lamp consist of?
It is usually wax that melts as the lamp is turned on. When it is heated, it then begins to float around with the convection current created by the heat-generating lamp, thus creating the "lava" effect.
How do you get convention in a lava lamp?
The heat of the lamp causes the fluids to heat and expand. The two materials are of different thermal properties and are immiscible.The word you seek is convection.
What causes the movement of the liquid in a lava lamp?
Convection is when hot substances rise and cool ones sink. The colored wax heats up at the bottom of the lamp where the bulb is, then rises up, cools, and sinks again.
A certain type of lamp contains colored liquids these liquids form globs that break off and rise to the top of the liquid the glob rises due to what?
It is called a "lava lamp" and the effect is caused by the heat of the bulb in the lamp causing one of the liquids to warm up and become less dense than the other (it is denser in the cold state). The less dense glob then rises up and breaks off and travels to the top of the lamp where it cools then sinks once again to the bottom of the lamp.
What is the cause of tectonic plates?
One suggestion for the cause of plate tectonics is mantle convection which is the result of cooling and heating magma. You could think of mantle convection much in the same way lava flows in a lava lamp. Lava rises in a lava lamp because it heats up and becomes less dense. While at the top of the lava lamp, the heated lava begins to cool (because it's further away from the heat source (e.g. light) at the bottom) becoming more dense and then sinks back down to the original heat source where it will be reheated. This mantle convection is thought to work somewhat like a large conveyor belt in which the plates sit, moving them along.
What is inside a lava lamp?
Inside a lava lamp there is wax.
Is a lava lamp a compound or a mixture?
A Lava lamp is amixture of compounds.
What can you do to make a graph for an lava lamp?
how to make a graph for a lava lamp
