Quiz: Heat Transfer

When you heat a pot on a stove, the handle gets warm. Which type of heat transfer is responsible?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• All of the above

Heat from the Sun reaches Earth through which type of heat transfer?

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• All of the above

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?

• from the cup to her hand
• from her hand to the cup
• no heat is transferred

In this experiment, the WARM red dye and the COLD blue dye was placed in the water at the same time. The warm red dye rose to the top while the cold blue dye sank to the bottom.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low
• low to high
• high to high

The type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact of molecules or particles with each other is ___________________.

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation
• insulation.

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

• insulation.
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection

When you use a microwave, what is the main way that heat is transferred?

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation
• insulation.