Identify the method of heat transfer in each situation. Some may show more
than one form of heat transfer. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. Milk is stirred with a spoon; the spoon gets hot due to______.
2. Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of_________.
3. A college student uses the back of his hand near an iron to check if it is hot.
Heat is transferred to his hand by________.
4. You are doing your homework at a desk that is underneath a lamp and you
start to feel hotter because of________.from the lamp.
5. In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm
water rises because of________.
6. A huge rock at the park gets so hot during the day that you can't sit on it from________.
7. You lay on that same rock at night so that you can keep warm by________.
8. The cause of weather systems on earth is_________.
9. A certain type of stainless-steel cookware has a layer of copper applied to the
bottom to help it heats evenly. The cooper transfer heat to the pan by_________.
10.A fireman touch a door and it feels hot from the fire on the other side due to_________.
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Answer:
1 conduction
2 convection
3 radiation
4 radiation
5 convection
6 radiation
7 conduction
8 convection and radiation
9 radiation
10 conduction