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HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH CONVECTION. Like conduction and unlike radiation, convection requires a medium. However, in conduction the heat is transferred from one molecule to another, whereas in convection the heated fluid itself is actually moving. As it does, it removes or displaces cold air in its path.
Thermal energy is also known as internal kinetic energy. The transfer of thermal energy from one body to another is the result of temperature variations. Heat moves along areas of higher temperature to areas of lower temperature. The three mechanisms for heat transfer include conduction, convection and radiation. Conduction takes place between solid objects, convection occurs in fluids and radiation directly transfers thermal energy from space.