Thermal Energy Transfer

Which example below is an example of convection?

• Standing on a hot metal bridge
• The attic is warmer than the basement
• The Sun heating the Earth
• Touching hot sand with your feet

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The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps.  This demonstrates what kind of heat transfer? 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Energy that travels as electromagnetic waves is called ______

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Radiation is how energy from the sun is transferred to Earth.

• true
• false

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The transfer of thermal energy through a substance by direct contact is called___.

• conduction
• insulation
• convection
• radiation

The transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by the the movement of fluids is

• convection
• conduction 
• radiation
• thermal energy

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As you touch a hot stove the heat transfers -

• from your hand to the stove
• from the stove to your hand
• It doesn't transfer

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The total kinetic energy of particles that make up matter is called

• Heat
• Calorie
• Temperature
• Thermal Energy

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The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the equator to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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______ occurs when a cooler, denser mass of a liquid or gas replaces a warmer, less dense mass of a gas or liquid

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation

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