Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Team quiz

Which is an example of heat being transferred by conduction?

• a furnace heating the air in a school

• an ice cube melting in a person’s hand

• a pot of water on a stove boiling

• the sun heating water in a swimming pool

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The kind of heat transfer that travels through space in electromagnetic waves is ______________________.

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

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Which best describes the process of convection?

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

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Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to ...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fire has a glass screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of ...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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A certian type of decorative lamp contains colored liquids. These liquids form globs that break off and rise to the top of the liquid. The globs rise due to ...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of ...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. THe warm water rises because ...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

The metal skewer gets so hot that you drop your marshmallow in the campfire because of...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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A huge rock at a state park gets so hot during the day that you cannot sit on it from ...

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

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