Heat Transfer

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What is the type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact of molecules or particles with each other?

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Conduction

Front

In heat transfer, heat always flows from which substance to which substance?

Back

Hotter to colder

Front

What is the best example of conduction?

Back

An egg cooking in a frying pan

Front

What kind of heat transfer travels through space in electromagnetic waves?

Back

Radiation

Front

What is an example of conduction?

Back

Ironing a shirt

Front

What is convection?

Back

The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids (liquids and gases).

Front

What is radiation?

Back

The transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic waves.

Front

What is an example of convection?

Back

Water boiling in a pot.

Front

What is the definition of thermal equilibrium?

Back

The state in which two objects in contact no longer transfer heat to each other.

Front

What is an insulator?

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A material that does not conduct heat well.