Conduction and convection
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What is conduction?
The process where vibrating particles transfer energy to neighbouring particles
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Where does conduction take place?
Solids
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What is convection?
Where energetic particles move away from hotter to cooler regions
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Where does convection take place?
Liquids and gases
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What do radiators create?
Convection currents
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What is a convection current?
The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
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How do radiators create a convection current?
- energy is transferred from the radiator to the nearby air particles by conduction
- the air near the radiator becomes warmer and less dense.
- the warm air rises and is replaced by cooler air
- the warm air cools and sinks
- the cycle repeats
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