Endogenic (Earth's Internal Heat & Heat Transfer) Flashcards
Result of the movement of tiny particles in solids, liquids and gas.
Heat Energy
Can be transferred in one object to another.
Heat Energy
The transfer or flow of heat due to difference in the temperature between 2 objects.
Heat
Two sources of heat in our planet
Primordial heat and Radiogenic heat
The internal heat energy that gradually gathered together by means of dispersion in the planet due to it’s few million years of evolution.
Primordial heat
The thermal energy released as a result of of spontaneous nuclear disintegration.
Radiogenic Heat
disintegration of natural radioactive elements inside Earth
Radiogenic Heat
What are the 3 natural radioactive elements?
Uranium, Potassium, Thorium
3 Processes of Heat Transfer
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
-Gpverns the thermal conditions in almost all solid portions of Earth
Conduction
Transfer of heat through solids
Conduction
Plays an important role in the lithosphere
Conduction
Lithosphere is composed of?
The crust and upper/lithospheric mantle
- involves transfer of heat through the movement of mass
- transfer through liquid and gasses
Convection
In convection, the heat goes ____ and the cool molecules go _____.
heat - up
cool - down