P.3.1

Which is an example of radiated heat for cooking?

• cooking a pot of soup
• scrambling eggs on the stove
• grilling hot dogs over a campfire
• frying hamburgers in a frying pan

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Which of the following is an example of radiation?

• Macaroni moving around in a pot of boiling water
• Steam rising from a boiling pot of grits being cooked
• The sun shining through a window and warming a table

A dark-colored wall becomes warm when the sun shines on it. After sunset, a person standing a few feet away can feel warmth from the wall. How does heat transfer from the wall to the person?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• insulation

Which is the best example of heat transfer by convection?

• frying bacon in a pan
• sea breeze at the beach
• melting ice in your hand
• burning your finger on the stove

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What causes your skin to feel warm when it is in the sun on a summer day?

• Particles in the atmosphere reflect energy from the sun downward
• Hot particles from the sun still carry some heat when they reach your skin
• The solar wind carries heated air from the Sun's atmosphere to Earth's surface
• The sun radiates energy that passes through space and the atmosphere to your skin

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Why does an ice cube melt when dropped into hot liquid?

• The liquid absorbs heat from the ice
• Heat from the liquid transfers to the ice
• Heat from the ice transfers to the liquid
• Cold from the ice transfers into the liquid

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On very hot days, animals will often find a patch of dirt on the ground to lay in to keep cool.  Which best explains how laying on the ground and dirt keeps the animal cool?

• The coolness from the ground is transferred to the animals body, lowering the animals body temperature
• Dirt on the ground protects the animal from the heat in the air, lowering the animal's body temperature
• The animal's body temperature does not change, but the dirt makes the animal feel cooler
• Heat from the animals body is transferred to the ground, lowering the animal's body temperature

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Which best explains why a pan placed on a hot stove top will begin to warm?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Which is the best choice for the handle of a frying pan?

• Metal, because it conducts heat
• Wood, because it conducts heat
• Metal, because it does not conduct heat
• Wood, because it does not conduct heat

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Which would be the best way to change a solid to a liquid?

• freeze it
• heat it
• heat it, then freeze it
• freeze it, then heat it

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