Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Heat Transfer
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=SCE304
5. Conduction is the transfer of heat between the earths surface and the lowest part of the atmosphere..
6. Why does the hand need an oven mitt in order to pick up the pot from the stove? So it doesnt burn
7. List four good conductors and four poor conductors:
Good
Poor
1. copper
1. water
2. gold
2. Plastic
3. silver
3. Rubber
4. aluminum
4. glass
8. Convection is the up and down movement of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer.
9. What happens to the air as the stove heats it? It heats it
11. What happens to the air as it gets farther from the heat source? It gets colder
12. List four examples of convection:
1. boiling water
2. ice melting
3. radiator
4. hot air balloon
13. When electromagnetic waves travel through space it is called radiation.
14. What happens to the temperature of the house as the suns radiant energy touches it?
It gets hotter
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. visible light.
2 a camp fires heat
3. light from the sun