HEAT TRANSFER

CONDUCTION, CONVECTION & RADIATION

 QUESTION

• If a cup of coffee and a red popsicle

were left on the table in this room what
would happen to them? Why?
• The cup of coffee will cool until it
reaches room temperature. The
popsicle will melt and then the liquid
will warm to room temperature.
 HEAT TRANSFER

• Heat always moves from a

warmer place to a cooler place.
• Hot objects in a cooler room will
cool to room temperature.
• Cold objects in a warmer room will
heat up to room temperature.
 HOW IS HEAT TRANSFERRED?
There are THREE ways heat can move.

– Conduction

– Convection

– Radiation
 CONDUCTION

• Heat is transferred from one particle

of matter to another in an object.
• Conduction = CONTACT
 HAVE YOU EVER…

Touched a metal spoon sitting in a pan of

boiling water only to be surprised by HOW
hot it is?

What conducts heat

better, metal or
nonmetal? Why?
EXAMPLE OF
CONDUCTION
A piece of
cheese melts as
heat is transferred
from the meat to
the cheese
(Contact)
 CONVECTION

• Convection is the
movement that
transfers heat
within fluids
• Heat is transferred
by currents within
the fluid or gas
WATER MOVEMENT

Cools at the Convection

surface
current

Cooler Hot water

water sinks rises
 EXAMPLES OF CONVECTION:

• Have you ever noticed that the air on

the second floor of your house is warmer
than the first floor? Or that water in a
pool is cooler at the deep end?
 EXAMPLES OF CONVECTION

Convection currents
cause the cooler
breezes you
experience by a large
body of water.

These currents also

cause the movement
of magma within the
earth.
HOW DOES HEAT ENERGY GET FROM
THE SUN TO THE EARTH?

There are no particles

between the Sun and the
Earth so it CANNOT
travel by conduction or
by convection.

? RADIATION
 RADIATION

• Radiation is the transfer of energy by waves

• What type of waves?
• ELECTROMAGNETIC
• Radiation does NOT require matter to transfer
thermal energy
 RADIATION MAY COME FROM
OTHER SOURCES

Have you ever

sat too close to
a campfire?
You’re
enjoying the
warmth ….. only
to notice that
your skin is really
warm?
 EXAMPLES OF RADIATION

1. Fire
2. Heat Lamps
3. Sun
HEAT TRANSFER

HEAT TRANSFER
SUMMARY