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Understanding Heat Transfer, Conduction, Convection and Radiation

Learn about the different methods of heat transfer - conduction, convection, and radiation. Understand how heat moves from a warmer place to a cooler place and how objects cool or heat up based on their surroundings. Discover why metal feels colder than wood and how convection currents work. Explore the role of radiation in transferring heat from the Sun to the Earth. Test your knowledge with interactive quizzes.

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Understanding Heat Transfer, Conduction, Convection and Radiation

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  1. Understanding Heat Transfer, Conduction, Convection and Radiation

  2. 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.

  3. Question • If a cup of coffee and a red popsickle 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 popsickle will melt and then the liquid will warm to room temperature.

  4. Heat Transfer Methods • Heat transfers in three ways: • Conduction • Convection • Radiation • http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=SCE304

  5. Conduction • Conduction is the transfer of heat between substances that are in direct contact with each other. The better the conductor, the more rapidly heat will transfer.

  6. When you heat a metal strip at one end, the heat travels to the other end. Conduction As you heat the metal, the particles vibrate, these vibrations make the adjacent particles vibrate, and so on and so on, the vibrations are passed along the metal and so is the heat. We call this? Conduction

  7. Why does metal feel colder than wood, if they are both at the same temperature? Metal is a conductor, wood is an insulator. Metal conducts the heat away from your hands. Wood does not conduct the heat away from your hands as well as the metal, so the wood feels warmer than the metal.

  8. Convection • Convection is the up and down movement of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer.

  9. Water movement Cools at the surface Convection current Hot water rises Cooler water sinks

  10. Why is it windy at the seaside?

  11. Cold air sinks Where is the freezer compartment put in a fridge? Freezer compartment It is warmer at the bottom, so this warmer air rises and a convection current is set up. It is put at the top, because cool air sinks, so it cools the food on the way down.

  12. Radiation • When electromagnetic waves travel through space, it is called radiation. When the waves come in contact with an object, the waves transfer the heat to that object.

  13. The third method of heat transfer 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 ?

  14. 1. Which of the following is not a method of heat transfer? A. Radiation B. Insulation C. Conduction D. Convection

  15. 2. In which of the following are the particles closest together? A. Solid B. Liquid C. Gas D. Fluid

  16. 3. How does heat energy reach the Earth from the Sun? A. Radiation B. Conduction C. Convection D. Insulation

  17. 4. Which is the best surface for reflecting heat radiation? A. Shiny white B. Dull white C. Shiny black D. Dull black

  18. 5. Which is the best surface for absorbing heat radiation? A. Shiny white B. Dull white C. Shiny black D. Dull black

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