Heat Transfer

What is a transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves?

• Radiation
• Convection
• Conduction
• Heat

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What is the transfer of heat by direct contact?

• Convection
• Electromagnetic waves
• Radiation
• Conduction

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks. This is...

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Heat travels from an area of ________temperature to an area of ______ temperature.

• high to low

• low to high

• high to high

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If an object has particles that are moving very quickly, the object 's temperature is probably _____.

• cold
• slow
• big
• hot

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You're holding hands with your best friend.  Your friend's hands are REALLY warm and yours are really cold.  After a few minutes, this has changed.  How might you explain what happened?

• The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through conduction.
• The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through conduction. 
• The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through convection.
• The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through convection.

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On a hot summer day, a student dropped an ice cube onto a park bench. Within minutes, the ice cube melted. Which method of heat transfer best describes the process the student observed?

• radiation
• melting
• conduction
• convection

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Which best explains why a wooden spoon can be used to stir hot soup on the stove?

• Wood is a good conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.

• Wood is a poor conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.

• Wood is a good conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.

• Wood is a poor conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.

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Which shows an example of convection?

• Jose cooks an egg in a pot of boiling water.

• Clara burns her hand by touching a light bulb.

• Lucy wraps herself in an electric blanket to keep warm.

• Ben holds the end of a metal rod in a fire to cook hot dogs.

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Which is an example of radiation?

• boiling a pot of noodles for dinner

• getting hot from lying in the sun

• feeling warm while taking a shower

• burning yourself after touching a hot plate

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