Heat Transfer

The direct transfer of thermal energy between particles of matter that are touching is called___________.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• thermal

The transfer of thermal energy by any method is called______.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• heat

____occurs when particles of warmer matter collide with particles of cooler matter.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Heat

You put a piece of ice into a glass of hot water. Which of the following is an example of conduction?

• The ice cooling the glass

• the ice beginning to melt the water

• the water becoming cooler

• the ice absorbing heat from the water

Jenny is cooking vegetables in an iron pan over the stove. Which of the following is an example of conduction?

• The flames transferring heat to the vegetables

• Steam rising to the top of the pan

• The vegetables absorbing heat from the pan

• heat rising in the air

Tom put a piece of butter into a hot iron pan. Which of the following is an example of conduction?

• The pan delivering heat to the butter

• The butter beginning to melt

• the butter becoming hotter

• steam being produced

When making a cup of ramen with boiled water, which of the following is an example of conduction?

• The soup releasing hot steam

• Feeling heat from holding the cup

• the powdery soup dissolving in water

• smelling the soup outside the kitchen

The method of heat transfer that occurs when particles move through a fluid is called______.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Heat

Convection currents in the atmosphere create which of the following?

• rain

• molten rock

• wind

• steam

Convection currents transfer thermal energy through the_______present in/on the earth.

• oceans

• atmosphere

• molten rock

• all of the above