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The explanation of Thermal Expansion.
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When matter is heated does it contract?
No, when matter becomes heated it always expands, meanwhile when matter becomes cool it always contracts.
Why does skin get tight after swimming?
Probably because heat expands and cool contracts! That's the same term!
What is the purpose of the overflow tank?
The coolant expands when heated, contracts when cool. The coolant reservoir gives the coolant a place to come and go as needed.
Why do mechanics tell you to check your car tires in the spring and in the fall?
The air in your tires expands in the spring and contracts in fall. On a cool day in fall your tire pressure will be low.
What happens to metal when it gets cool?
It contracts
Explain why cool rock material sink when convection takes place in the mantle?
Cool rock material sinks in the mantle during convection because it becomes denser than the surrounding, hotter rock. As mantle material heats up, it expands and becomes less dense, rising toward the Earth's surface. Conversely, as material cools, it contracts and increases in density, causing it to sink back down. This continuous cycle of rising and sinking creates convection currents that drive the movement of tectonic plates.
What causes the heat to expand?
heat does not necessarily expand.. the varying temperatures causes different elements that make up an object to expand or contract e.g. tar on the road expands in the heat and contracts in the cool and therefore cracks are formed in the road.
When a sunlike stars hydrogen runs out it expands into what?
When a sunlike star exhausts its hydrogen fuel, it expands into a red giant. During this phase, the star's core contracts and heats up, allowing helium fusion to begin. As it expands, the outer layers cool and become more luminous, giving the star its red appearance. Eventually, the outer layers are ejected, leaving behind a hot core that becomes a white dwarf.
What does thermal expansion of water mean and why is it relevant to the rising sea levels?
Thermal expansion relates to how things expand when they heat up and contract when they cool down. This also applies to the water in the ocean. The hotter it is, the more it expands, making sea levels rise.
What is really cool about water?
Water is the only liquid that expands when frozen.
When air rises does it cool down?
Yes. (As the density falls, it expands.)
What makes meteors cool?
Any object that is hotter than its surroundings will cool down over time.
