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

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Convection currents occur:

• Only in liquids

• When a dense substance is warmer than a less dense substance

• In both liquids and gases

• Weakly in solids

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Hot water rises and cold water sinks. Is this:

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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Stir frying vegetables is an example of

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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A hot air balloon rises because of

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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You feel the heat from a campfire

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

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What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection
• Density

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?

• Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.
• No energy is transferred.
• Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.
• The water warms up due to the humidity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Transfer of thermal energy through "space"

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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