Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere

Heat TransferRead the passage below before answering any questions. You may need to refer back to this document for some questions. Before answering the questions below, watch the following video Sort Each Statement into True and False *There are even amounts of true and false* True Conduction works best in some solids. The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air form a convection current. Two temperature scales are the Celsius scale and the Fahrenheit scale. False In the troposphere, heat is transferred mostly by conduction. Air temperature is usually measured with a barometer. The farther apart the molecules in a substance are, the better they conduct heat. In which substance would heat transfer by conduction work best? Oxygen Iron Water Coffee How is heat transferred from the sun to Earth? By Convection Currents By Conduction By Radiation By Thermal Energy Heat is transferred mostly by which type of heat transfer in the troposphere? By Conduction By Radiation By Convection