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Title: chapter 4 Plate Tectonics

Description: section 2 Convection Currents and the mantle

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Created: 09/17/2005 15:37:00

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Term
heat transfer
Definition
The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
Term
radiation
Definition
The direct transfer of energy through empty space by electromagnetic waves.
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conduction
Definition
The transfer of heat by from one substance to another by direct contact of particles of matter.
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convection
Definition
The transfer of heat by movements of a fluid.
Term
density
Definition
The amount of mass in a given space;mass per unit volume.
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convection current
Definition
The movement of a fluid, caused by differnces in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another



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