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?

Moving around
Flying in a plane
A toaster changes electricity into heat and light.
Riding a bike

What other information can you gain from this reading?

Most of the world uses coal than oil
What is basic information you can tell me about heat energy?

The earth is heat energy

The sun is heat energy
Planets are heat energy
Heat for our oven

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

Heat

The definition of heat energy is warm The sun is very hot!

inside of something

Solar

The definition of solar energy is These planets are made of solar

like the planets but hot
energy because they are hot

kinetic

Kinetic energy is movement all

around us

My friend andrew was walking

to his football game.