Thermal Energy Transfer

Which of the following is the heat transfer from the Sun to Earth?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Thermal

What type of heat transfer takes place when you touch a warm mug of hot chocolate?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• None of the above

Conduction requires

• Electricity

• the electromagnetic spectrum and particles

• air or water flow

• direct contact

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Heat transfer always moves ...

• cold to hot

• east to west

• hot to cold

• north to south

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If two objects have different temperatures, heat will flow from the cooler object to the warmer one.

• True
• False

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A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm. This is an example of ________.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Which describes what can happen as a result of radiation?

• A piece of wood burns in a fire.

• A shirt is hot after having been ironed.

• A can of soup is heated in a pot on a stove.

• A car’s inside temperature rises to over 100 degrees on a sunny day.

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

You get sunburned due to __________ from the sun.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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

• conduction

• convection

• radiation