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Conduction

Can be defined as the process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules

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Convection

Is process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water

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Radiation

Heat is transferred by the energy that is transmitted by matter in the form or protons and electromagnetic waves

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Magma

Is composed by semi-liquid hot molten rocks located beneath the earth. Specifically in the melted mantle rocks and oceanic plate

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Magma

Chamber of the volcano

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Lava

Surface of the earth once the volcano erupts

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Heat

is an energy that is transferred from one body to another as the result of a difference in temperature

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Temperature

is a measure of hotness and coldness of a body.

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Pressure

is defined as the physical force exerted on an object.

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Volcano

is an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash and gases erupt.

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Radiogenic heat

the thermal energy released as a result of spontaneous nuclear disintegration is called BLANK It involves the disintegration of natural radioactive elements inside the earth

- like Uranium, Thorium and Potassium.

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Primordial heat.

the internal heat energy that gradually gathered together by means of dispersion in the planet during its few million years of evolution is called