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    Conduction is the transfer of heat between objects in direct contact. Heat moves from hotter to colder areas through the touching of atoms and molecules. For example, heat transfers from hot stove coils into a pot placed on top through their direct contact. The heat then spreads throughout the entire pot. Convection is the transfer of heat by the circulation of liquids and gases. In convection, heated liquids and gases expand, become less dense, and rise, while colder, denser materials sink, setting up convection currents that transfer heat within the liquid or gas. Examples include convection currents in lava lamps and the rising of hot air balloons.

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    Conduction is the transfer of heat between objects in direct contact. Heat moves from hotter to colder areas through the touching of atoms and molecules. For example, heat transfers from hot stove coils into a pot placed on top through their direct contact. The heat then spreads throughout the entire pot. Convection is the transfer of heat by the circulation of liquids and gases. In convection, heated liquids and gases expand, become less dense, and rise, while colder, denser materials sink, setting up convection currents that transfer heat within the liquid or gas. Examples include convection currents in lava lamps and the rising of hot air balloons.

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    Conduction is the transfer of heat between objects in direct contact. Heat moves from hotter to colder areas through the touching of atoms and molecules. For example, heat transfers from hot stove coils into a pot placed on top through their direct contact. The heat then spreads throughout the entire pot. Convection is the transfer of heat by the circulation of liquids and gases. In convection, heated liquids and gases expand, become less dense, and rise, while colder, denser materials sink, setting up convection currents that transfer heat within the liquid or gas. Examples include convection currents in lava lamps and the rising of hot air balloons.

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    What Is Conduction?

    Heat moves from place to place. We call that heat 'transfer.' There are
    three ways heat can move, or transfer, from one place to another, and
    one of those ways is called conduction. Conduction is when heat moves
    from one object to another object through direct touch. For instance, one
    piece of metal could conduct heat from another piece of metal if the two
    are touching. Conduction also refers to when heat moves between atoms
    and molecules that are touching (or that are very, very close to each
    other).

    Understanding Conduction through Examples


    There are two ways to understand heat moving by conduction. The first
    way to think about how conduction works is that heat moves from one
    thing to another by touching. If you touch a hot surface, your hand feels
    hotter because the heat moves from the surface into your hand. If you put
    a pot on an electric stove, like the coil stove in the image, the coils touch
    the pot and they heat the pot at that touching point. Remember, heat
    always moves from hotter objects to colder objects, so the heat moves
    from the hot coils on the stove straight into the bottom of the cooler pot.
    The second way to understand how conduction works is to understand
    that heat moves through an object itself. After the coils heat the bottom of
    the pot, the heat spreads through the whole pot, warming the sides of the
    pot, too. Many pot handles are plastic because, otherwise, heat would
    conduct up into the handle too and burn your hand!

    What is Convection?
    Heat energy is transferred from hot places to cooler places by convection.

    Liquids and gases expand when they are heated. This is because the


    particles in liquids and gases move faster when they are heated than they
    do when they are cold.

    As a result, the particles take up more volume. This is because the gap
    between particles widens, while the particles themselves stay the same
    size.

    The liquid or gas in hot areas is less dense than the liquid or gas in cold
    areas, so it rises into the cold areas. The denser cold liquid or gas falls into
    the warm areas.

    In this way, convection currents that transfer heat from place to place


    are set up.

    Convection currents can be seen in lava lamps. The wax inside the lamp
    warms up, becomes less dense than the liquid and so rises. When it rises,
    it cools and becomes denser again, so it sinks. This same effect can be
    seen by putting a crystal of potassium permanganate in a beaker of water
    and gently heating it.

    Convection explains why hot air balloons rise, and also why it is often
    hotter in the lofts of houses than downstairs.

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