What is an example of a convection current?

Movement of gas in a hot air balloon.

Touching a hot spoon that was in a soup bowl.

Feeling the suns rays on a nice summer day.

Touching an iron skillet after cooking and feeling the heat.

Jordan places a hot spoon into a container of ice cream. How does this help him scoop out the ice cream?

The warmth of the spoon is conducted to the ice cream making it easier to scoop out.

The coolness from the ice cream is conducted to the spoon making it easier to scoop out.

The coolness from the ice cream is radiated to the spoon making it easier to scoop out.

The warmth of the spoon is radiated to the ice cream making it easier to scoop out.

Which best describes the process of convection?

Convection is the primary way heat travels through liquids and gasses.

Convection is the primary way heat travels through rays.

Convection is the primary way heat travels through metals.

Convection is the primary way heat travels through appliances.

Tom puts a metallic cover over his car’s windshield after parking. How does this control the sun’s rays during a sunny day?

It reflects the sun’s rays away from the windshield.

It prevents heat energy from leaving the car.

It controls the temperature by providing shade.

It absorbs heat in the windshield protector and cools the car.

Which is an example of heat being transferred by conduction ?

an ice cube melting in a person’s hand

a furnace heating the air in a school

a pot of water on a stove boiling

the sun heating water in a swimming pool

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The sun shines down on this family as the play on the beach.

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The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

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Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?

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Which direction will the heat flow while this ice cap melts?

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Heat Transfer

The sun shines down on this family as the play on the beach.

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet.

Blow drying your wet hair.

Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?

Which direction will the heat flow while this ice cap melts?

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks.

The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps.

In this experiment, the WARM red dye and the COLD blue dye was placed in the water at the same time. The warm red dye rose to the top while the cold blue dye sank to the bottom.

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