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Quarter 3 – Module 5:
Heat Transfer
Science– Grade 7
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Quarter 3– Module 5: Heat Transfer
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Science
Quarter 3 – Module 5:
Heat Transfer
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can
continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.

Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step as
you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM. This
will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to ask
your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson.
At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check your
learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust you that you
will be honest in using these.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also provided
to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can best
help you on your home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of this
SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests. And read
the instructions carefully before performing each task.

If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the tasks
in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.

Thank you.
 What I Need to Know

Hello kids? How are you doing today? Have you experienced touching a hot
object–like the cover of your kettle? How does it feel? Observe this example, when
you place a glass of water in the refrigerator, it becomes colder after a while. What
do you think happened? Which has higher temperature at first: the glass of water or
the environment inside the refrigerator? How did the energy transfer?

Also, have you noticed that it is colder at night than during the day? That is
because we do not receive sunlight at night. This means that energy from the sun is
being transferred on Earth. How does this happen?

This module consists of activities that will help you choose conditions
necessary for heat transfer to happen. The lessons are relevant to life because they
will help explain some of our everyday experiences with heat.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. define conduction, convection, and radiation;

2. explain when can conduction, convection, and radiation occur; and
3. cite applications of conduction, convection, and radiation in real life situations.

These objectives are all aligned with the MELC no.6 – Infer the conditions
necessary for heat transfer to occur S7LT-IIIh-i-12.

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 What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your notebook/on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the energy transferred from a hotter object to colder objects?

a. heat c. temperature
b. specific heat d. thermal energy

2. What is the natural flow of heat?

a. cold to hot c. lower to higher temperature
b. hot to cold d. both A and B

3. What are the three modes of heat transfer?

a. conduction c. radiation
b. convection d. all of the above

4. Which of the following does not allow electricity or heat to flow through it
easily?
a. temperature c. thermal energy
b. thermal conductor d. thermal insulator

5. What is a material that conducts thermal energy well?

a. Convection current c. Thermal conductor
b. Temperature d. Thermal contraction

6. Which of the following modes of heat transfer best describe why pots have
wooden handles?
a. conduction c. petrification
b. convection d. radiation

7. What is the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles?

a. conduction c. specific heat
b. conductor d. thermal conductor

8. A pan of water is set on a stove. After the heat is turned on, the temperature
of the water begins to _______________ and the thermal energy of the water
_______________. Which of the following words correctly complete the
statement?
a. increase; increases c. decrease; decreases
b. increase; decreases d. decrease; increases

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9. What method of heat transfer happens when campfires during scouting
transfer heat to their surroundings?
a. conduction and radiation
b. convection and conduction
c. convection and radiation
d. convection, conduction, and radiation

10. Which of the following best explains the scenario below?

On a summer morning, John walks barefoot across his paved driveway with
no problem. However, later that afternoon he steps barefoot onto the same
driveway and must quickly run off because the bottoms of his feet feel like
they are burning.
a. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved faster and the thermal energy increased.
b. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved faster and the thermal energy decreased.
c. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved slower and the thermal energy increased.
d. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved slower and the thermal energy decreased.

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 What’s In

In your previous module, you have learned about sound and light as forms of
energy that travel in waves. This time, we will study about heat, which is another
form of energy that travels through moving particles or through radiation. We will
determine the condition needed for the heat to transfer from one place to another
and the direction by which it transfers.

Let us test your knowledge in some of the previously used vocabulary words to
check if you still remember some of the important concepts in your past lesson.

Directions: Unscrambled the letters in the following statements. Write your answers
on your notebook/ on a separate sheet of paper.

1. A wave is a disturbance that transfers NGYERE from one place to another.

2. HLCNAMECIA VWEAS are waves that require some sort of medium to travel
through.

3. LECORETNEMAGCIT VWEAS are waves that can travel through a vacuum.

4. ULATRVLIOTE is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelength shorter

than visible light, but longer than X-rays.

5. RLOOC is a product of dispersion in which a prism separates white light into

its component colors.

6. FERNOITCEL of light occurs when a ray of light approaches a smooth surface

and bounces back.

7. Brightness can be expressed as luminous intensity with a unit known as

NACLADE.

8. A wave REFENQUYC is the number of waves that passes a certain point at a

given time period.

9. Light has wavelike nature and RAPCLEIT-like nature.

10. IOTVEL has the shortest wavelength but the highest frequency.

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 What’s New

Activity No.1

Directions: Identify what methods of heat transfer are taking place in each of the
following illustrations. Write if it is conduction, convection, or radiation. Some
illustrations may show more than one form of heat transfer.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

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7. 8.

9. 10.

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 What is It

Heat and temperature are two different quantities. The basic difference
between heat and temperature is that heat is the form of energy that transfers from
hot temperature to low temperature, while temperature is the degree of hotness and
coldness of the body.

You have learned that heat is energy that moves from where there is more
kinetic energy to where there is less. Heat transfer is the process of thermal energy
exchange due to temperature difference between matters. To facilitate heat transfer
between two matters, there needs to be a temperature difference between them. This
means that no heat transfer occurs between two bodies which are at the same
temperature. Interestingly, heat can be transferred in only three ways. Those three
ways are conduction, convection, and radiation.

Conduction

Conduction is how heat transfers through direct contact with objects that
are touching. It happens when the particles of a solid matter, a metal spoon for
example, are heated in one end. The heat will eventually pass through to its cooler
end until it reaches the same temperature. This transfer of heat energy into a matter
makes its atoms and molecules vibrate even faster. When this happens, the heat will
pass from particles with more energy to the ones they are touching that have less
energy.

Atoms are energized

and vibration increases
Metal spoon

Vibration is spread
through the material

Heat

Atom

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 Try to fry the egg in a hot pan, and soon the pan is hot. If the handle is made
up of metal, it will get hot too, as the faster-moving molecules in the metal pass their
energy along. Touching hot objects makes your reflexes immediately respond to the
heat that is being transferred from the hotter metal to your colder hand, thus, you
pull your hand back, right away. It happens because there is a difference in the
temperature between the metal (hotter) and your hand (colder).

Many of us use pot holders, moist cloth and even wooden spoons in serving
hot soup and meals because we don’t want to get burned. These materials are
actually the best example of what we call non-conductors or “insulators”. Insulators
are materials that resist or prevent the flow of heat and electricity. They create a
barrier in which it reduces and controls the flow of heat coming from a hot metal
source. Some examples of these aside from pot holders, moist cloth and even wooden
spoons are rubber, plastics, air, glass, and silicon. On the other hand, there are some
materials that absorb heat rapidly. They are called conductors. Things like copper,
aluminum, steel, silver and gold have the ability or power to conduct or transmit
heat, electricity and even sounds easily.

In such cases, heat transfer occurs only when there is a difference in

temperature. Another way of saying this is that once the hotter and colder
substances become the same temperature, heat transfer stops.

Convection

Convection happens in matter too, but only in liquids and gases like water
and air. To transfer heat by convection, particles must move from a hot region to a
cold region. The same thing happens when you heat a pot of water on a stove and
you wait until it starts to bubble. These bubbles are actually the regions of hot water
rising to the surface, thus transferring heat from the hot water at the bottom of the
cooler water at the top. This circular motion is an evidence that there is an upward
buoyant force on the hotter fluid, making it rise while the cooler, denser fluid sinks.
Therefore, convection is a transfer of heat related to the movement that occurs within
a fluid due to the rising of hotter materials paired with sinking colder materials. This
occurs because hotter materials have less density than colder ones.

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 There are numerous examples of convection in our everyday life that we are
not aware they are undergoing. Aside from boiling a pot of water, we have also seen
an example of convection in a steaming cup of hot tea, ice melting, thawing frozen
food, air conditioning and even a car radiator using fluid. In addition to that, there
are less commonly observed everyday examples of convection associated with air
movement. A heater inside a hot air balloon for example heats the air, causing the
air to move upward. The hot air gets trapped inside causing the balloon to rise. When
the pilot wants to descend, he or she will release some of hot air and cool air takes
its place, causing the balloon to lower.

Radiation

Radiation is how heat travels through empty spaces. Radiation is different

from conduction and convection in the sense that it does not require the presence of
a material medium to occur. Although we can't see it, the heat we feel on our skin
when we stand in the sun or put our hands over a hot stove is caused by infrared
radiation, another type of electromagnetic radiation. Some common examples of
radiation are Ultraviolet light from the sun, visible light from the candle, x-rays from
an x-ray machine, electromagnetic waves from a microwave oven, and radio
frequency (RF) radiation from your cell phones and laptops.

Different materials interact in different ways with radiant energy. Radiations

are emitted by all bodies. The rate at which radiations are emitted depends upon
various factors such as color and texture of the surface. Some materials absorb it;
others reflect it. Colors also interact differently with radiant energy. Dark colors
absorb a lot more heat than lighter ones because they absorb more light energy. The
closer an object is to a dark color, the more heat it absorbs from light sources.
Opposite to that, light colors absorb heat energy slowly since they reflect the
radiation.

Asphalt
Mirror
COOLER HOT
Reflects most
radiation Absorbs most radiation and
emits as heat energy

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 Through the above illustration, we can see that the black dull surface is a good
emitter of heat as its temperature rises rapidly. On the other hand, a polished surface
is a poor absorber of heat as its temperature rises very slowly. Did you know the
reason behind this? From your previous module, you can remember that black and
dull surfaces absorb all the wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum. So when it
absorbs, it’s also absorbing the accompanying heat of all the wavelengths of light.
Opposite to that, the light and polished surface doesn’t absorb, and when it doesn’t
absorb, it doesn’t get hot and heat is being reflected.

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 What’s More

Activity No. 2: Understanding Conduction, Convection and Radiation

Heat transfer is occurring everywhere around you. Can you identify the
method of heat transfer taking place in each of the following situations?

Directions: Write conduction, convection, or radiation on your notebook/ on

separate sheet of paper.

1. You are stirring a bowl of hot soup with a metal spoon. The spoon starts to
feel warmer because of ____________________.

2. One end of a copper rod is placed in a flame of a Bunsen burner. Small pieces
of wax placed along the rod melt at a progressively larger distance from the
flame. Heat is transferred through the rod by ____________________.

3. In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm
water rises because of ____________________.

4. A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass
screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of
____________________.

5. A college student holds the back of his hand near an iron to see if it is hot.
Heat is transferred to his hand by ____________________.

6. Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of
____________________.

7. You buy a lava lamp from the store. As the lamp heats up, blobs of liquid rise
to the top then sink back down to the bottom. This process continues because
of ____________________.

8. You are doing your homework at a desk that is underneath a lamp. You start
to feel hotter because of ____________________ from the lamp.

9. Your best friend has a bunk bed. You move from the bottom bunk to the top
bunk and notice that the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of
____________________.

10. You are in science class and want to see if the hot plates were used recently.
You place your hand over the hot plate. Without touching the hot plate, your
hand feels warmer. Heat is transferred to your hand by ____________________.

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Activity No. 3: It’s Puzzle Time!

Directions: Using the Across and Down clues, write the correct words in the
numbered grid. Remember to copy the puzzle before answering on your notebook/
on a separate sheet of paper.

9 10

6 2

Across
1. The transfer of heat when gas or liquid particles heat up and rise.
2. Heat transferred by direct contact of solids.
3. Energy transferred between objects.
4. The color you should wear if you want to stay cool.
5. When air cools, it ____________.

Down
6. This material is a very good conductor of heat.
7. A material through which heat moves quickly or easily.
8. Electromagnetic waves that carry energy.
9. The effect of collisions of atoms in solid.
10. The capacity to do work.

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Activity No. 4: It’s Sorting Time!

Directions: Listed in the item bank below are some key terms and expressions
associated with conduction, convection and radiation. Write each of the items below
in the appropriate columns. Write your answers on your notebook /on a separate
sheet of paper.

Dark color
Moves from hot to
absorbed more Metals Steam
cold
heat
Transfer of heat
particles vibrate Solid particles bump
Hot air rises through direct
but stay in place into each other
contact
Light color
Vibrate faster when Occur in liquid and
absorbed less Cold air sinks
heated gases
heat

Moves in a Spread in all

X-rays No particles required
circle/cycle directions

CONDUCTION CONVECTION RADIATION

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: Complete the paragraph about heat transfer by choosing

the correct answers found inside the box. Write your answers on your notebook /on
a separate sheet of paper.

less conduction contact

fluid absorb emits more

convection radiation waves

There are three key ways that heat transfers. With solid objects, heat transfers
when the objects come into direct (1) _________________ with other things. This is
known as (2) _________________. Liquids and gases are different because these two
states of matter flow like (3) _________________. Heat transfer happens when warmer,
(4) _____________________ dense particles rise and cooler, (5) ___________________
dense particles sink. This ongoing process are known as (6) _________________
current. Heat can also be transferred through space in the form of (7)
_________________. This process is known as (8) _________________. All objects give off,
or (9) _________________ some heat. All objects also take in, or (10) _________________
heat.

What I Can Do

Directions: Answer the following questions and write your answers on your
notebook /on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What color should you wear on a hot summer day? Why?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

2. List some materials that are used to prevent conduction? What are they
called as a group?
____________________________________________________________________

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3. Think of one situation from your everyday living where the three modes of
heat transfer happen at the same time. Describe how each of the three modes
of heat transfer takes place.

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Assessment

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your notebook/on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following is needed for convection to happen?

a. Electromagnetic waves c. Fluid/Gas
b. Fire d. Light in the form of ray

2. What word means the same as “warm fluid moves from place to place,
carrying energy with it”?
a. Conduction c. Inflammation
b. Convection d. Radiation

3. What word means the same as “energy is passed between particles through
direct collisions”?
a. Condensation c. Convection
b. Conduction d. Radiation

4. What combination of colour and texture would absorb radiant energy well?
a. Dark-coloured and dull texture c. Light-coloured and dull texture
b. Dark-coloured and shiny texture d. Light-coloured and shiny

5. Which would be an example of a heat insulator?

a. Copper pot c. Iron nail
b. Gold bracelet d. Wooden spoon

6. What is it called when two objects touching each other eventually reach the
same temperature?
a. Conduction c. Equilibrium
b. Expansion d. All of the above

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7. You're holding hands with your best friend. Your friend's hands are REALLY
warm and yours are really cold. After a few minutes, this has changed. Which
of the following statements explain what happened?
a. The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand
through conduction.
b. The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand
through convection.
c. The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand
through conduction.
d. The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand
through convection.

8. Which of the following reasons why majority of people wear white or light-
colored clothes in summer?
a. Because it reflects less heat d. Because it transfers more
b. Because it reflects more heat heat
c. Because it transfers less heat

9. What is formed when warm air rise and cool air fall?
a. Air current c. Convection current
b. Conduction current d. Radiation current

10. What color and texture are best reflectors of radiant heat?
a. Black and dull c. White and dull
b. Black and shiny d. White and shiny

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 Additional Activities

Directions: Draw or illustrate your own imaginative conclusions to the following

situational questions regarding heat transfer on your notebook/ on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. Your Science teacher asked you to conduct a simple experiment at home about
heat transfer. With the use of forceps or tongs, you hold one end of a metal
rod that has wax dots of equal sizes stuck to it in intervals. After that, you
heat the other end of the rod by putting it close to a candle.

Describe your idea through your illustration what happened to the wax dots
in the metal rod? What kind of heat transfer takes place and why?

2. Your Science teacher asked you to conduct a second simple experiment using
incandescent light bulb. First, you turn on the light bulb and you let it glow
for a few moments. Without touching the bulb, you ask your father to place
his hands near the bulb and feel the heat from the bulb.

Describe your idea through your illustration how the heat transfers from the
bulb to your father’s hands. Where is the heat coming from and where is it
going? What kind of heat transfer takes place and why?

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What I Know What's In What's New What's More
Activity
1. A 1. ENERGY 1. Radiation No.2
2. B 2. MECHANICAL 2. Conduction,
3. C WAVES Convection 1.Conduction
4. A 3.ELECTROMAGNETIC 2. Radiation 2. Conduction
5. D WAVES 3. Convection 3. Convection
6. A 4. ULTRAVIOLET 4. Conduction 4. Radiation
7. D 5. COLOR 5. Conduction, 5. Radiation
8. A 6. REFLECTION Radiation 6. Convection
9. A 7.CANDELA 6. 6. Convection, 7. Convection
10. A 8. FREQUENCY Radiation 8. Radiation
9. PARTICLE 7. Radiation 9. Convection
10. VIOLET 8. Convection 10. Radiation
9. Convection,
Radiation
10.Radiation
What's More What's More What's More What's More
Activity No.3 Activity No.4 Activity No.4 Activity No.4
1. Convection CONDUCTION CONVECTION RADIATION
2. Conduction * transfer of heat * Moves from hot * Dark color
3. Heat through direct to cold absorbed more
4.White contact. * Hot air rises heat
5. sinks * particles vibrate * Cold air sinks *light color
6. Metal but stay in place * Moves in a absorbed less heat
7. Conductor * Solid particles circle/cycle * Spread in all
8. Radiation bump into each * Occur in liquid directions
9. Vibration other and gases * No particles
10. Energy * Vibrate faster * Steam required
when heated * Related to
* Metals brightness
* X-rays
What I have What I Can Do Assessment
Learned
1. To keep us cool, white clothes are the best on 1. C
1. contact sunny days because it absorbs less heat. 2. B
2.conduction (Answer may vary) 3. B
3. fluid 4. A
4. less 2. Rubber, dry wood, glass, and silicon are just 5. D
5. more some examples of insulators. (Answer may vary) 6. C
6. convection 7. C
7. waves 3. A good example would be heating a pot of 8. B
8. radiation water using a stove. (Answer may vary) 9. C
9. emits 10. D
10. absorb
Answer Key
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