What Happens When A Volume Of Fluid Is Warmed At The Bottom?

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First, the liquid on the bottom of the pot closest to the

heat source starts to get hot; as it does, it rises

. The rising hot water is replaced by the cooler, more dense water molecules. … This is known as natural convection—the movement of molecules through fluid—which is a primary method of heat (and mass) transfer.

What happens to the heated fluid if it is warmer than the fluid around it?

When a fluid is heated, the

hotter fluid particles gain more kinetic energy

, move around faster and so take up more space between them. As a result, the hotter fluid becomes less dense (there are fewer particles in the same volume) and so they will rise.

What happens when a fluid is warmed?

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.

Which occurs when a warm fluid cools down?

Which occurs when a warm fluid cools down?

Energy is released to the environment

. Energy is absorbed from the environment. The density of the fluid decreases.

Which process occurs when warm areas of a liquid or gas rise to cooler areas in the liquid or gas?


Convection

occurs when warmer areas of a liquid or gas rise to cooler areas in the liquid or gas. Cooler liquid or gas then takes the place of the warmer areas which have risen higher. This results in a continous circulation pattern. Water boiling in a pan is a good example of these convection currents.

Which indicates that thermal energy is no longer being transferred from boiling water to a mug?

Explanation: The thermal energy is no longer being transferred from boiling water to a mug in the case when

water and the mug are at the same temperature

. When a substance is heated, the increase in temperature will cause the particles to move faster and bump into each other. …

What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

[more on electromagnetic radiation] It is

infrared radiation

that produce the warm feeling on our bodies. Most of the solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere and much of what reaches the earth's surface is radiated back into the atmosphere to become heat energy.

Which state of matter heats faster?

Since particles are closer together,

solids

conduct heat better than liquids or gases.

How does heat travel when you are drying your clothes?

The

heat moves from the heater to the air by physical contact between the two

. The heated air is then delivered to the drying site using a blower or fan. … Since the liquid is a better conductor than air, the cooled liquid pulls heat from the part beneath it thereby cooling it as well.

When you hold an ice cube energy will flow?

If two objects have different temperatures, heat will flow from the warmer object to the colder one. For instance, when you hold an ice cube,

heat is transferred from your warm hand to the cold ice and melts it

. Your hand feels cold because it is losing heat energy.

How is heat transferred in fluids?

When the object is a fluid, heat can be transferred from the fluid to another object

by flow of the fluid on the surface of the object

. This type of heat transfer is called convection. Convection can transfer larger amounts of heat than conduction.

What kind of heat transfer is warm and cold air meeting?

This movement gives us our convective heat transfer, and as we mentioned earlier there are two types.

Convection

– When warm, moist air near the surface rises to be above the heavier cool, dry air this is a form of heat transfer or convection. The rising motion typically cools the air.

Which correctly lists the three methods of heat transfer quizlet?

The 3 ways of transferring heat are

conduction, condensation, and radiation

.

How do the 3 major processes of heat transfer affect the temperature?

Answer: The heat is transferred by three major processes- Conduction [solid material] – In conduction the heat is transferred through particles to particles without any movement of particle or a object.

Radiation [

electromagnetical waves] – In radiation the heat or energy is transferred through waves.

What happens to a solid when heated?

When a solid is heated

the particles gain energy and start to vibrate faster and faster

. … Further provides more energy until the particles start to break free of the structure. Although the particles are still loosely connected they are able to move around. At this point the solid is melting to form a liquid.

What heat transfer does not require a medium?


Radiation

is the process in which heat is transmitted one place to other directly without intervening medium.

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