Examples of Conduction, Convection, and Radiation, Earth Science - The Water Cycle
When a room gets warmer when all the light in the room are on
Convection
reservoir
a body of freshwater
precipitation
condensed water that falls due to its cold heavy mass being greater than the air molecules around it
A pot sitting on a hot burner.
conduction
Picking up a hot cup of coffee
conduction
Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling water
conduction
Using a heating blanket to get warm
conduction
When super hot lava melts a rock that it comes in contact with
conduction
When you burn your feet on the hot sand on the beach in the summer
conduction
How the inside of a greenhouse works.
convection
How your Thanksgiving turkey gets cooked in a kitchen oven
convection
Macaroni rising and falling in a pot of boiling water
convection
Putting your wet shoes on a floor vent to dry them faster
convection
A person placing their cold hands over a warm fire
radiation
A person placing their hand over a hot burner
radiation
Lying out in the sun to get a tan
radiation
The sun's energy heating up a swimming pool
radiation
sublimation
the process of ice turning directly into a gas or vapor and skipping the liquid state completely
evaporation
the process of liquid water turning into a vapor or gas
transpiration
the process of plants sweating and releasing water vapor into the atmosphere
condensation
the process of water vapor turning back into a liquid state
solar energy
the water cycle is powered by the solar energy from the sun
infiltration
water permeates into the soil
groundwater
water that has collected above a resistant layer of rock
runoff
water that runs over the surface as opposed to going into the ground
