Question

What are the three types of heat transfer in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Answer 1

Conduction, Convection and Radiation

Answer 2

Radiation, conduction, and convection.

Step-by-step explanation:

Radiation:

• Radiation heat transfer occurs through electromagnetic waves. Unlike conduction and convection, radiation does not need a medium for transmission. Solar radiation energy traverses a 93-million-mile vacuum to warm the Earth

Conduction:

• Conduction is the process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules. Conduction occurs more readily in solids and liquids, where the particles are closer together, than in gases, where particles are farther apart.

Convection:

• The process by which heat is transferred by the movement of a heated fluid, such as air or water.