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Heat Transfer
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5. Conduction is the transfer of heat between substances that are in direct contact with eath other
6. Why does the hand need an oven mitt in order to pick up the pot from the stove? Because the hand is in direct
contact with heat causing conduction.
7. List four good conductors and four poor conductors:
Good
Poor
1. silver 1. wood
2. copper 2. styrophome
3.iron 3. paper
4.steel 4. air
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 circles heats and cools
11. What happens to the air as it gets farther from the heat source? It cools
12. List four examples of convection:
1. warmer water at the surface of a swimming pool
2. wind currents
3.hot air balloon
4. lower floors of a building being colder than top floors
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 increases
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. sun warming the earth
2. microwave heating food
3. electric heater heating house