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Methods of Heat Transfer

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Walking on the hot sand on a beach

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

2.

A ceiling fan forcing the warm air downward.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

3.

Feeling heat from a campfire

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

4.

Chocolate candy melting in your hand.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

5.

Air in the atmosphere rising and falling.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

6.

Heat from the sun warming a swimming pool.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

7.

Heat from the hood of a car when you touch it.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

8.

Feeling the heat from a stove burner without touching it.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

9.

Boiling water moving in a circular motion.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

10.

Which method of heat transfer is energy that is transferred by electromagnetic waves?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

11.

Which method of heat transfer is energy that is transferred by direct contact?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

12.

Which method of heat transfer is energy that is transferred through a fluid where hot rises and cold sinks?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

13.

a metal pot touching a burner

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

14.

putting your hand near the burner on an oven

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

15.

The people in an ocean, where their feet feel cold in the water, but their arms are warm. Why is this?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

16.

Laying on the beach and feeling your face getting warm. Why is this?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

17.
On a sunny day, you return to your car after a ball game. The inside of the car is very hot.  How did the car get so warm?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Specific Heat
18.
The inside window pane in your house feels very cold to touch on a winter night. Why does it feel cold?
a)
The cold from the outside is flowing in by convection.
b)
The warm from the inside is flowing out by convection.
c)
The cold from the outside is being conducted to the inside.
d)
The warm from the inside is being conducted to the outside.
19.
Heat s transferred directly from one particle of matter to another by the process of ____________________.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
20.
Maria burned herself when she picked up a hot iron skillet from the stove.  What method of heat transfer caused the burn?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Specific Heat
d)
Radiation
21.
A circular flow of warmer fluid and cooler fluid is called a(an) __________________.
a)
convection current
b)
conduction current
22.
Heat is always transferred from _______________ areas.
a)
Warmer
b)
Cooler
23.
Heat that is transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid is called ____________________.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
24.
The only form of heat transfer that does not require matter is ____________________.
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
25.
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Density