Heat Transfer

Which is most responsible for the uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Condensation

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A pot is heated on a stove.  Which process causes the metal handle of the pot to also become hot?

• Combustion

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

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What happens to metal railroad tracks during the heat of a summer day?

• decrease in weight

• increase in weight

• decrease in length

• increase in length

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Which is most likely to hold heat in the longest?

• Paper

• Cardboard

• Plastic

• Styrofoam

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People sitting around a campfire are able to feel the hear from the fire. How are the people able to feel the heat from the fire without touching the fire?

• The hear from the fire travels through the ground and heats the ground around the people.

• The heat from the fire is conducted through air molecules to the people.

• The heat from the fire rises in the air and then settles around the people.

• The hear from the fire radiates from the fire to the people.

Bill stands in a swimming pool and notices that the water around his feet is a lot cooler than the water near the surface. Which process causes this difference in temperature?

• Convection

• Evaporation

• Radiation

• Conduction

Which object is a good insulator?

• Wood

• Copper

• Aluminum

• Iron

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How does energy from the sun reach the earth?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Thermal Convection

Which best represents conduction?

• At the sun causing evaporation

• A pot rapidly boiling water

• Plastic melting on top of a hot stove

• Hot gasses rising from a fire