Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy

Energy transferred between two objects with varying temperatures, always transferring from warmest to coldest until the two objects have equal temperatures.

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

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What type of heat transfer takes place when you touch a warm mug of hot chocolate?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• None of the above

Conduction requires

• Electricity

• the electromagnetic spectrum and particles

• air or water flow

• direct contact

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Heat transfer always moves ...

• cold to hot

• east to west

• hot to cold

• north to south

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Which way will energy flow?

• From the air to the water

• From the water to the air

• From the ice cube to the air

• From the ice cube to the water

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Which direction is heat flowing in the picture?

• from the hand to the ice

• from the ice to the hand

• heat is not being transferred

• there is no way to tell

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The earth receives heat energy from the sun by _______________, which is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• greenhouse effect

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Where do we see conduction in a pot of boiling water on the stove?

• The water heats up by touching the hot, metal pot.

• The steam from the hot water rises out of the pot.

• The heat from the fire can be felt on all sides.

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The handle of a metal spoon warms up when it is placed in a hot bowl of soup because of ________.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of ________.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation