Convection currents in water.

Posted by Mr Mallon on October 29, 2008

We have found out that hot air rises. This is because it expands when warm and becomes less dense compared to the surrounding air. Less dense air will rise upwards.
In the video above we see what happened when we placed an ice cube with some dye inside. The ice cube cools the water surrounding it and this contracts the water making it more dense than the surrounding water. So it sinks.
Science is so cool!

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