Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Conservation and Dissipation.
The cycle of a fluid (liquid or gas) heating, expanding, rising, cooling, and sinking, which transfers thermal energy.
Convection currents appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Conservation of energy, especially Conservation and Dissipation and Thermal Conductivity and Cooling.
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