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Convection, Conduction,
Radiation
Getting Energy
All energy on Earth
comes from the Sun,
but there are three
different ways things
can get the energy
once it is here.
Three Forms of Thermal
(Heat) Transfer
Radiation - transferred through space (does
not need a material medium)
Conduction is when
heat is transferred
by direct contact or
Conduction - the transfer of
heat through direct contact in a
metal rod:
When a lizard basks on a rock in the desert
to warm its body, the thermal energy in
the rock is transferred to the lizard
through conduction or direct contact!
As the
air
becomes
less
dense it
rises
2. Air is warmed by conduction
CONVECTION!!!
The atmosphere is
warmed through
convection.
4. Convection:
Rising air spreads
heat throughout the 3. As
atmosphere in the air
becomes
currents.
less
dense it
rises