Radiation Heat Transfer

What type of heat transfer is occurring when getting warm sitting by the fire?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

The heat transferred from the Sun to the Earth by waves is called ________.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

You are doing your homework at a desk that is underneath a lamp. You start to feel hotter because of _?_ from the lamp.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

A cat is hanging out several feet from a fire in a fireplace. This causes the kitty cat to get warm. The kitty cat is warm because of...

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• The fur sweater he's wearing!

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A huge boulder at the state park in Arizona gets so hot during a mid summer's day. This is due to...

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Boogie Fever

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A house burns down. On the house next to it, the vinyl siding is twisted and warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across to the other house by

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Marvin the Martian

Which of the following is a primary mechanism of heat transfer in a vacuum?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Diffusion

What is the Stefan-Boltzmann Law used to calculate in radiation heat transfer?

• Heat transfer by conduction

• Heat transfer by convection

• Total energy radiated per unit surface area

• Specific heat capacity

Which surface characteristic increases the rate of radiation heat transfer?

• Smooth and shiny

• Rough and dull

• Transparent

• Opaque

In which of the following scenarios is radiation the dominant form of heat transfer?

• Boiling water in a pot

• Sunlight warming the Earth

• Heating a room with a radiator

• Touching a hot stove