Instructions: For each situation, identify
the primary mode of heat transfer
(conduction, convection, or radiation).
1. A metal spoon left in a hot cup of coffee
becomes warm to the touch.
2. An ice cube melts when placed on a
warm countertop.
3. The handle of a cooking pot becomes
hot when placed on a heated stove.
4. Touching a hot iron and feeling the heat
transfer to your hand.
5. Heating one end of a metal rod, and
feeling the other end get warm.
6. Feeling a breeze on a hot summer day.
7. Water boiling in a pot with bubbles
rising to the surface.
8. Warm air rising from a heater and
circulating in a room.
9. Cooking soup in a pot, causing the
liquid to circulate.
10.Wind currents carry warm air from one
region to another.
11.Sunlight warms your skin on a sunny
day.
12.A campfire heating your face when
you're standing near it.
13.Feeling warmth from a glowing red-hot
metal object.
14.Infrared heating panels radiate heat to
warm a room.
15.A microwave oven heating food by
emitting microwaves.
16.Touching a metal doorknob on a cold
winter day.
17.A hot air balloon rising into the sky.
18.Feeling the warmth from a campfire
while sitting near it.
19.A cup of coffee cooling down when left
on a table.
20.Placing your hand over a boiling pot of
water and feeling the rising steam.
21.Sunlight warms the Earth's surface.
22.A metal spoon becomes warm when
placed in a hot drink.
23.A fan blows cool air into a room.
24.The back of a refrigerator feels warm.
25.A metal pan heating up when placed on
a hot stove.
Instructions: For each situation, identify
the primary mode of heat transfer
(conduction, convection, or radiation).
1. A metal spoon left in a hot cup of coffee
becomes warm to the touch.
2. An ice cube melts when placed on a
warm countertop.
3. The handle of a cooking pot becomes
hot when placed on a heated stove.
4. Touching a hot iron and feeling the heat
transfer to your hand.
5. Heating one end of a metal rod, and
feeling the other end get warm.
6. Feeling a breeze on a hot summer day.
7. Water boiling in a pot with bubbles
rising to the surface.
8. Warm air rising from a heater and
circulating in a room.
9. Cooking soup in a pot, causing the
liquid to circulate.
10.Wind currents carry warm air from one
region to another.
11.Sunlight warms your skin on a sunny
day.
12.A campfire heating your face when
you're standing near it.
13.Feeling warmth from a glowing red-hot
metal object.
14.Infrared heating panels radiate heat to
warm a room.
15.A microwave oven heating food by
emitting microwaves.
16.Touching a metal doorknob on a cold
winter day.
17.A hot air balloon rising into the sky.
18.Feeling the warmth from a campfire
while sitting near it.
19.A cup of coffee cooling down when left
on a table.
20.Placing your hand over a boiling pot of
water and feeling the rising steam.
21.Sunlight warms the Earth's surface.
22.A metal spoon becomes warm when
placed in a hot drink.
23.A fan blows cool air into a room.
24.The back of a refrigerator feels warm.
25.A metal pan heating up when placed on
a hot stove.