Methods of Heat Transfer and Heat

Feeling heat from a campfire

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Chocolate candy melting in your hand.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Heat from the sun warming a swimming pool.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Feeling the heat from a stove burner without touching it.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Boiling water moving in a circular motion.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

boiling water spreading heat throughout all of the liquid

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The inside window pane in your house feels very cold to touch on a winter night. Why does it feel cold?

• The cold from the outside is flowing in by convection.
• The warm from the inside is flowing out by convection.
• The cold from the outside is being conducted to the inside.
• The warm from the inside is being conducted to the outside.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Maria burned herself when she picked up a hot iron skillet from the stove.  What method of heat transfer caused the burn?

• Convection
• Conduction
• Specific Heat
• Radiation