Ch1 L3 Convection and the Mantle

What is the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object called?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Gravity

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What is the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light called?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Gravity

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What is the heat transfer between materials that are touching called?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Gravity

What measures how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance?

• Density

• Convection

• Conduction

• Gravity

What is the flow that transfers heat within a fluid called?

• Density

• Convection

• Conduction

• Gravity

What combines to set convection currents in motion?

• Heating and cooling of a fluid

• Density and gravity

• Mass and volume

• Radiation and conduction

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Where are large amounts of heat inside the Earth transferred by convection currents?

• Crust and mantle

• Mantle and core

• Core and crust

• Crust and core

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What causes convection currents in the mantle?

• Gravity

• Radiation

• Heating and cooling of the mantle

• Conduction

What has caused solid mantle rock to warm and flow very slowly over millions of years?

• Gravity

• Radiation

• Heating and cooling of the mantle

• Conduction

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According to many geologists, where do plumes of mantle rock rise from?

• Top of the mantle

• Crust

• Bottom of the mantle

• Core

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