Heat Transfer and Materials

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north. What method of heat transfer is shown here?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet. What method of heat transfer is this?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm shows which method of heat transfer?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

The candle will slowly heat the metal and transfer the heat directly to the mans hand.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Poor conductors like wood and plastic are called:

• conductors
• insulators
• burners

What is the total amount of kinetic energy in a substance?

• Potential energy
• Kinetic energy
• Thermal energy
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

How hot or cold an object is and measured in degrees Celsius

• Heat energy

• Temperature

• Mass

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A chair is several feet from a fireplace. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm due to

• conduction
• convection
• radiation