Earth Science Convection and Matter

How does heat move?

• from a warmer to a cooler object

• from a cooler to a warmer object

• toward a hot object

• away from a cold object

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How is energy from the sun transferred?

• by radiation

• by conduction

• by convection

• by the gravitational force

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Heat from which of these causes convection currents inside earth?

• crust

• crust and mantle

• crust and core

• mantle and core

Which of these combines with changes in a fluid's density and the force of gravity to set convection currents in motion?

• evaporation of a fluid

• condensation of a fluid

• freezing and melting of a solid

• heating and cooling of a fluid

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_____ is he transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

• heat transfer

• liquid heat movement

• convection

• movement

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when you heat up an object, the particles in the object move_____

• slower

• painfully

• not at all

• faster

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a cool fluid is _____ dense than a warm fluid

• additional

• more

• less

• fewer

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when you touch hot sand , heat is transferred by _____ to your skin

• transfer

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

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the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance is known as _____

• volume

• density

• weight

• height

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_____, convection, and conduction are three types of heat

• power

• movement

• transfer

• radiation