Vocabulary 3

Convection

Solid

Liquid

Gas

Dense
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Heat transfer (Convection) Heat Transfer
Convection is the way liquids and gases move. When things
get hotter, they begin moving further apart. This space
makes the thing less dense, which makes the thing move up.
When a solid gets hotter it will at some point reach its
“melting point” which makes the solid turn to liquid. When
two liquids mix, the hotter or less dense liquid will move up,
and the colder or more dense liquid moves down. This is
called convection.
Convection happens in all liquids and gases, from our hot
tea to our bathwater and steam in the shower.
Convection happens all around us and is one of the reasons
we have weather and our atmosphere.

Particles:
Particles are made of molecules and atoms, like water (H2O) or Carbon dioxide (CO2). .
In this unit we will use particles as something small that when it gets hotter, begins
moving faster, and when it gets colder moves slower.
Example:
Convection is the movement of heat from one space to another space. Hot water
always rises to the surface and cold water always flows to the bottom. This is called
convection, and it happens only in liquids and gasses. The reason for cold water to flow
down is because cold water is denser.
This also means that anything liquid follows this rule, when the Earths crust is moving,
it is moving because the liquid rocks in the earth is moving the crust, this movement
causes earthquakes that you sometimes experiences.

Solid: Liquid: Gas:

Particles are connected, and Particles are still connected, Particles are not connected,
it is hard to move. but it is easier to move. and it is easy to move.
Ice Water Steam
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Homework
How does liquid and gases move?

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What are the 3 states of matter?

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Draw an example of convection in your daily life(Liquids).

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Guide
Convection:
Convection is the way liquids and gases move. Safety
When things get hotter, they begin moving further
apart. This space makes the thing less dense,
which makes the thing move up.
When two liquids mix, the hotter or less dense
liquid will move up, and the colder or more dense
liquid moves down. This is called convection.

Hypothesis: Draw how you expect the liquids to move.

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Obser vation
Why did the red liquid go up?

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What do you think we can use this information for?

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Draw what happened in the experiment