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When the sun heats the ocean's surface, the water temperature increases, causing the water to expand. This expansion leads to a decrease in water density since warmer water is less dense than cooler water. As a result, the warmer, less dense water tends to rise, while cooler, denser water sinks, creating convection currents in the ocean.
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What happens to an object's density when it heats up and expands?
The density decreases.
What heats the earth oceans?
Earth Plates
What happens to an object's density when it heats up?
When an object heats up, its density typically decreases. This is because as the object's temperature increases, its particles gain energy and move more quickly, causing the object to expand. As a result, the same amount of mass now occupies a larger volume, leading to a decrease in density.
What heats more slowly than land?
Water (the oceans).
When the sun heats the oceans which substances evaporate?
Water is the only thing.
What warms the lakes and oceans?
The sun and the earth. The earth has fire/heat/magma inside it that heats up the earth and lakes and oceans
What do you think happens when some air heats up and other air is cool?
What do you think happens when some air heats up and other air is cool?
What happens to a liquid when energy is added?
it heats up
Does air lose density when it heats or when it cools?
Air loses density when it heats up because the air molecules become more energetic and spread out, resulting in a decrease in density. Conversely, air becomes more dense when it cools down because the molecules lose energy and come closer together.
Energy from sun heats up what?
Energy from the sun heats up the Earth's surface, oceans, and atmosphere. This heat drives weather patterns, ocean currents, and the water cycle on our planet.
What happens when a solar energy heats a body of water?
evaporation
What happens if you rapidly compress a gas or vapor?
It heats up.
