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Which takes place as water cycles from the bottom of the pot toward the top?

AThermal energy is transferred.

BWater molecules gain kinetic energy.

CChemical energy is transferred.

DWater molecules gain thermal energy.

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Greenleafable

The option that takes place as water cycles from the bottom of the pot toward the top is that A. thermal energy is transferred. 
As the pot gets warmer and warmer, the heat flows everywhere inside the pot, ultimately reaching the top, and heating the water at the top as well. There is no chemical energy here, and molecules don't gain thermal energy, it is just transferred to the top of the pot.

mickymike92

Based on the methods of heat transfer, when water cycles from the bottom of the pot toward the top, thermal energy is transferred; option A.

What is thermal energy?

Thermal energy or heat energy is a form of energy due to temperature difference.

Thermal energy can be transferred from a hotter to a colder body in the following ways:

  • conduction
  • convection
  • radiation

In convection, the heated molecules move from hotter to colder regions in a cycle, for example in heating water.

Therefore, when water cycles from the bottom of the pot toward the top, thermal energy is transferred; option A.

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