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Vocabulary

 * Heat transfer**: when energy moves from a warmer object to a cooler object
 * Radiation**: heat gets transferred through empty space
 * Conduction**: heat gets transferred by direct particles of matter
 * Convection**: heat gets transferred through heated liquid
 * Density**: the measurement of mass there is in a volume of a substance
 * Convection current**: the flow of when heat gets transferred through liquid

**Radiation**

 * a flame or and an open fire are forms of radiation
 * these are pretty common around the house

Conduction

 * the heat from a soup transfering to a metal spoon is a form of radiation
 * this happens in a lot of our homes

Convection

 * water heating in a pot is a form of convection
 * this is common use in the kitchen

Convection in Earth's Mantle
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 * Earth's mantle responds to heat
 * heat from the core and mantle cause convection currents to form in the asthenosphere