HEAT ENERGY RESEARCH LAB

5.6.2 DESCRIBE WAYS THAT HEAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE OBJECT TO
ANOTHER

Go to the following resources. Answer the bullet point questions below!

Resource 1: Energy Quest Website <http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter01.html>
What are some examples of energy transformation?
Street lamps use electrical energy to bright the way so we dont fall.
When cars get gasoone the car drives to get places.
The food we eat contains energy that lets us work and play.
What other information can you gain from this reading?
I can gain imformation that there is electrical energy.
I can gain imformation that there is Wind energy
I can gain imformation that there is Solar energy
What is basic information you can tell me about heat energy?
Well I know that Solar energy helps with growing crops.
I also know that Solar energy helps with drying clothes.
And finally I know that Solar energy helps with seeing in the dark.
Resource 2: Heat Transfer Interactive <http://www.wisconline.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SCE304>
Define the three basic types of heat energy transfer and give an example
of each
Types

Definition

Example

Conduction

The process by which

heat or electricity is
directly transmitted
through a substance
when there is a
difference of
temperature

An example is cooking
something on the stove.

Radiation

Radiation means that there is

heat being spreaded to other
things.

An example is the sun giving

out Radiation rays.

Convection

Convection means that the

An example is a hot furnace.
movement caused
within a fluid by the
tendency of hotter and
therefore less dense
material to rise, and
colder.