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What 4 ways transfer of heat energy?
conduction convection radiation direct contact
What are the convection currents?
Convection currents transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock. The heat transfer function of convection currents drives the earth's ocean currents, atmospheric weather and geology. Convection is different from conduction, which is a transfer of heat between substances in direct contact with each other.
How does a fireplace heat a room?
A fireplace heats a room by radiation. That radiation is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
Is warming ocean water through water currents radiation?
No. Heat transfer through a liquid or gas by currents is convection.
Difference between radiation and convection?
Radiation is when heat is transferred from one thing to another via electromagnetic waves like infrared. It can travel through a vacuum. Convection is when a fluid is heated from the bottom and rises, leaving colder fluid behind to be heated etc creating currents. The thing you are trying to heat has to be in contact with the heat source- it doesn't work through a vacuum.
What is heat transfer through direct contact called?
The transfer of heat through direct contact is called conduction.
The transfer of heat through direct contact is?
conduction
What is heat transfer through direct contact?
Conductivity.
The transfer of energy as heat through a substance by direct contact?
Conduction is where heat energy pass though the molecules by direct contact
What do you call the transfer of heat energy through direct contact?
Conduction.
What is the transfer of energy as heat through a substance by direct contact?
It is called heat conduction.
What is the term heat transfer because of direct contact?
Conduction is the term for heat transfer because of direct contact.
What method of heat transfer is known as conduction?
No,the transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluid is called convection.
What is the term for heat transfer of direct contact?
Conduction is the term for heat transfer because of direct contact.
What is a good sentence with the word conduction in it?
Conduction is the transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is the term for heat because of direct contact?
Conduction is the term for heat transfer because of direct contact.
Which type of heat transfer is by direct contract?
The type of heat transfer by direct contact is called conduction. Heat is transferred through a solid material or between two objects in direct contact with each other. This occurs as the particles in the material or objects collide and transfer energy to each other.
