Conduction

Conduction

heat transfer Part 1

Conduction

• The transfer of heat through touch

• Example: Stove pan on top of fire on stove

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

• When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an application of conduction?

• Thermal energy from the Sun to Earth
• Pots having metals bodies and plastic handles
• Vacuum flasks having silver bodies
• Air conditioners cooling down a room

Multiple Choice

Heat transfer by conduction occurs when...

• particles bump into each other
• large numbers of atoms move from place to place
• atoms give off heat in the form of electromagnetic waves
• electromagnetic waves travel from place to place through a vacuum

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