Weather Quiz

feet on hot sand

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

burning your hand on a hot stove

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Eggs cooking in a frying pan.

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

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Warm air rises and cool air 

• circular
• sinks
• warmer

Heated air in our atmosphere expands become less ____________

• warmer
• dense
• convection

Does convection happen in the atmosphere? 

• yes
• no

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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.

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What is the definition of CONVECTION

• When heat transfers through waves.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• Heat traveling from the sun

Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low
• low to high
• high to high
• It can travel high to low and low to high. 

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Heat is the movement of ______.

• radiation
• thermal energy
• cold
• fire

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