Type of Transfer
Miscellaneous
True/False
Insulators/Conductors
Vocabulary
100
When two objects are touching, what type of heat transfer can occur?
Conduction
100
What is radiation?
The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves or space/the atmosphere
100

Using a metal spoon is one way to keep from being burned while cooking.

False, metal is a conductor which means the spoon would heat up and burn your hand!

100
Which protects your hands from getting burned?
insulator
100

Name two types of insulators.

Could include plastic, wool, cotton, wood, etc.

200
Touching a hot handle and getting burned is an example of ___________________.
conduction
200

Which direction does heat travel?

From the hotter to the colder object

200
Heat moves from hotter objects or substances to cooler objects or substances
True
200
Which enables you to cook food on a grill?
conductor
200
This type of heat transfer occurs in liquids and gases
convection
300
This type of heat transfer causes warmer air or water to rise while pushing down cooler air or water
Convection
300

A process in which energy is transferred from one object to another

heating

300
Convection makes the bottom floor of a house cooler than the top floor of a house
True, heat rises!
300
List 3 types of materials that are good conductors
Any types of metal - aluminum, steel, iron
300
When heat is removed from an object
cooling
400
When you are warming your hands beside a campfire, heat is being transferred through _________.
radiation
400
What type of colors attract thermal energy?
Dark colors
400
The reason campfires make you feel warm is because the heat from the fire is conducted through air molecules to the people surrounding the fire.
False
400
Explain how a jacket is an example of an insulator
The jacket traps the heat your body makes and doesn't let it pass through outside of your jacket
400

The total amount of energy of the particles in a substance.

thermal energy

500
Explain how boiling a pot of water on the stove can be an example of convection AND conduction.
The pot touching the stove is an example of heat being transferred through touch (conduction), but the water inside the pot being heated is an example of convection because the hot water rises and pushes the cooler water down to be warmed up.
500
Explain how heat is transferred through radiation
The heat travels through electromagnetic waves
500

Metal is the best material to use when you are cooking something on the stove top.

True, metal is a conductor which means your food will cook!

500
Is an electric blanket an insulator or a conductor? Explain.
It could be both. It is a conductor because the heat from the electric blanket is touching your skin, and it is an insulator because it traps your body heat underneath the blanket.
500
Explain the difference between convection and radiation.
Convection transfers heat through air or gas, radiation transfers heat through electromagnetic waves
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