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-- The sun's energy doesn't really need to be transferred "around the globe",
because every point on the globe is on a direct line of sight from the sun for
exactly 50% of the time.
-- Solar energy is transferred from place to place, however, by the large-scale
motions of heated and cooled air masses, referred to technically as "wind".
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∙ 12y agoWater at the oceans surface absorbs energy from the sun currents carry this energy to cool regions
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The type of thermal energy transfer that takes place in fluids is mostly?
Mode of energy transfer in fluids is convection.
Which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection?
Energy transfer by convection is primarily restricted to fluids. One of the significant modes of heat transfer is convective heat transfer.
Transfer of energy by movement of particles is?
Convection is the movement of particles due to a gradient of energy. Heat energy is thus transfered by the moving particles.
Which process transfers thermal energy by contact?
This proess is called conduction. The other processes are convection and radiation. Convection is the transfer of energy through movement, such as boiling water. Radiation is the transfer of thermal energy through a medium or space, such as the sun heating the earth.
Which process causes the transfer of energy by air currents within the Earth's atmosphere?
convection
Is convection current kinetic energy before transferring?
In a convection current the kinetic energy will most likely be a small part of the total as the rate of flow won't be very high. Most heat transfer in convection will be simply thermal energy transfer, ie from a warmer place to a cooler one.
What is convection transfer of energy?
Convection is the transfer of energy by what?
Which process causes transfer of energy by air current within earth atmosphere?
convection
The circular motion of liquids or gases due to density differences while undergoing convection is known as a convection current The transfer of what form of energy leads to convection currents?
heat energy
What type of energy transfer is warm air rises wile cold air drops?
It's not an energy transfer. It creates a convection current though.
What is the difference between current and convectional current?
Convection is the mode of heat transfer, referring to the transfer of heat energy due to bulk motion of a fluid."Convection current" is the name of that bulk motion of the fluid, the transfer of MASS. I prefer to call it buoyantly driven flow. It doesn't flow due to convection, convection is due to if flowing. It flows due to buoyancy in the case of free convection.Peyton
The movement of matter due to differences in density and the transfer of energy that results from this movement is called?
convection current
The type of thermal energy transfer that takes place in fluids is mostly?
Mode of energy transfer in fluids is convection.
How is the transfer of energy in a pan of hot water similar to the transfer of energy in the sun's convection zone?
In both cases, heat is transferred via convection.
How does heat transfer energy?
draughts transfer heat energy through convection
What is the transfer of energy your electromagnetic energy called?
Convection.
Is a convection current the same as a convection?
Yes. Convection is a type of energy and a convection current is, well, the phrase for its currents. So yeah, convection and convection current are the same.
