Heat Transfer

What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun shines on your face?

• Convention

• Conduction

• Radiation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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What kind of heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?

• Convention

• Conduction

• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates which type of heat transfer?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Ironing a shirt is an example of conduction because...

• heat rises off the iron onto the shirt

• the iron is touching the shirt

• the heat from the shirt radiates onto the iron

• the iron is plugged into the wall

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more

• less

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?

• Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.

• No heat is transferred.

• Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.

• The water warms up due to the humidity.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Anna fills a metal pan with water and places the pan on a stove to boil. She drops a piece of pasta in the pan of boiling water and observes that it rises to the top of the pan, gets pushed to the side, sinks to the bottom of the pan, rises again, and so on.

What causes the piece of pasta to move as described?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Due to convection, air near the ceiling of a room will be warmer because warm air ________________.

• rises

• sinks

• does not move

In what way does the Sun warm Earth? 

• radiation
• convection
• conduction
• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A family has a solar panel on the roof of their house to collect solar energy. How is the energy transferred from the Sun to the solar panel?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation