Quiz about Methods of Heat Transfer

Question 1

Walking on the hot sand on a beach

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 2

A ceiling fan forcing the warm air downward.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 3

Feeling heat from a campfire

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 4

Chocolate candy melting in your hand.

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 5

Air in the atmosphere rising and falling.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 6

Heat from the sun warming a swimming pool.

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 7

Heat from the hood of a car when you touch it.

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 8

Feeling the heat from a stove burner without touching it.

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 9

Boiling water moving in a circular motion.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 10

Which method of heat transfer is energy that is transferred by electromagnetic waves?

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 11

Which method of heat transfer is energy that is transferred by direct contact?

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 12

Which method of heat transfer is energy that is transferred through a fluid where hot rises and cold sinks?

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 13

a metal pot touching a burner

Accepted Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Answer

radiation

Question 14

putting your hand near the burner on an oven

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 15

The people in an ocean, where their feet feel cold in the water, but their arms are warm. Why is this?

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 16

Laying on the beach and feeling your face getting warm. Why is this?

Accepted Answer

radiation

Answer

conduction

Answer

convection

Question 17

On a sunny day, you return to your car after a ball game. The inside of the car is very hot.  How did the car get so warm?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Specific Heat

Question 18

The inside window pane in your house feels very cold to touch on a winter night. Why does it feel cold?

Accepted Answer

The warm from the inside is being conducted to the outside.

Answer

The cold from the outside is flowing in by convection.

Answer

The warm from the inside is flowing out by convection.

Answer

The cold from the outside is being conducted to the inside.

Question 19

Heat s transferred directly from one particle of matter to another by the process of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Question 20

Maria burned herself when she picked up a hot iron skillet from the stove.  What method of heat transfer caused the burn?

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Specific Heat

Answer

Radiation

Question 21

A circular flow of warmer fluid and cooler fluid is called a(an) __________________.

Accepted Answer

convection current

Answer

conduction current

Question 22

Heat is always transferred from _______________ areas.

Accepted Answer

Warmer

Answer

Cooler

Question 23

Heat that is transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid is called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Convection

Answer

Conduction

Question 24

The only form of heat transfer that does not require matter is ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conduction

Question 25

What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Density

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