What is the term for heat transfer because of the movement of a gas?

Question

What is the term for heat transfer because of the movement of a gas?

Answer 1

Convection. Convection is heat transfer through any medium, but this medium cannot be solid. Convection is heat transfer through fluid, air, etc. Conduction, on the other hand, is transfer through solids.

I'm not the copy-paste type of guy. So if you want more information about convection, go to wikipedia... Here is the link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection

Answer 2

Convection:  If a liquid or gas is heated it becomes less dense and rises, carrying the heat with it, and as it moves away from the heat source it will start to cool again. Colder liquid or gas sinks down to the heat source and gets heated in turn, thus transferring the heat through the gas or liquid.