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Summarize how a glider is moved up in the air by natural convection.

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the air at ground level rises to form convection currents (currents of rising air), which, when impacting a glider's wings, generates lift, which allows them to remain in the air, or even rise to higher altitudes.

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Convection allows warmer air to rise because it is less dense than colder air. A thermal lift is a column of warm rising air. If the air rises quicker than the glider they will be pushed up.
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