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    Kaley Beck identifies various situations and explains the primary method of heat transfer occurring in each, which can be conduction, convection, or radiation. The document provides examples such as a hot spoon conducting heat from coffee, a chair receiving heat by radiation from a fireplace, globs rising in decorative liquid due to convection, and warm air rising near ceilings and in pools also due to convection. It examines heat transfer through touching objects like rods and doors (conduction) and non-touching heating like from the sun or fires (radiation). The document aims to distinguish between the three primary methods of heat transfer.

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    Kaley Beck identifies various situations and explains the primary method of heat transfer occurring in each, which can be conduction, convection, or radiation. The document provides examples such as a hot spoon conducting heat from coffee, a chair receiving heat by radiation from a fireplace, globs rising in decorative liquid due to convection, and warm air rising near ceilings and in pools also due to convection. It examines heat transfer through touching objects like rods and doors (conduction) and non-touching heating like from the sun or fires (radiation). The document aims to distinguish between the three primary methods of heat transfer.

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    Kaley Beck identifies various situations and explains the primary method of heat transfer occurring in each, which can be conduction, convection, or radiation. The document provides examples such as a hot spoon conducting heat from coffee, a chair receiving heat by radiation from a fireplace, globs rising in decorative liquid due to convection, and warm air rising near ceilings and in pools also due to convection. It examines heat transfer through touching objects like rods and doors (conduction) and non-touching heating like from the sun or fires (radiation). The document aims to distinguish between the three primary methods of heat transfer.

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    Conduction Convection Radiation Ws

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    Kaley Beck identifies various situations and explains the primary method of heat transfer occurring in each, which can be conduction, convection, or radiation. The document provides examples such as a hot spoon conducting heat from coffee, a chair receiving heat by radiation from a fireplace, globs rising in decorative liquid due to convection, and warm air rising near ceilings and in pools also due to convection. It examines heat transfer through touching objects like rods and doors (conduction) and non-touching heating like from the sun or fires (radiation). The document aims to distinguish between the three primary methods of heat transfer.

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    Name: Kaley Beck

    In each of the following situations, identify the method of heat transfer taking place
    (conduction, convection, radiation). More than one process may be occurring.
    1. Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to conduction.
    Explanation: The spoon and the coffee are touching; the coffee gives heat to the spoon.
    2. 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 radiation.
    Explanation: The fireplace and the chair are not touching, but the fire radiates heat to the tree.
    3. A certain type of decorative lamp contains colored liquids. These liquids form globs that break
    off and rise to the top of the liquid. The globs rise due to convection.
    Explanation: The globs are warmer than the liquid. The colder liquid will move to the bottom of the
    liquid and the globs will rise above it.
    4. Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of convection.
    Explanation: The warm are rises to the top of the room and the cold air replaces it at the bottom.
    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 radiation.
    Explanation: The hand and the iron are not touching, but the iron radiates heat to the hand.
    6. A heater is placed under one corner of a water bed mattress. Warm water moves throughout
    the mattress because of conduction.
    Explanation: The heater is touching the mattress. It gives off heat to the mattress.
    7. A certain type of stainless steel cookware has a layer of copper applied to the bottom to help it
    heat evenly. The copper transfers heat to the pan by conduction.
    Explanation: The layer of copper is touching the stove, so it will heat the pan.
    8. In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises
    because of convection.
    Explanation: The warm air rises to the surface; the cold air replaces it.
    9. 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 progressively larger distance from the flame. Heat is transferred through
    the rod by conduction.
    Explanation: The copper rod is touching the flame directly, so it transfers heat to the burner.
    10. A house burns down. On the house across the street, all of the vinyl siding is twisted and
    warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across the street by radiation.
    Explanation: The houses are not in direct contact, but the burning house radiates heat to the other house.
    11. Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to convection.
    Explanation: The warm air is rising, and the cool air is replacing it.
    12. The metal skewer gets so hot that you drop your marshmallow in the campfire because of conduction.
    Explanation: The skewer, which was in the fire, conducted heat all the way up the skewer and to your
    hand.

    13. A huge rock at the state park gets so hot during the day that you cant sit on it from
    radiation.
    Explanation: The sun is radiating heat to the rock; they are not directly touching.
    14. You lay on that same rock at night so that you can keep warm by conduction.
    Explanation: You are touching the rock directly; the rock was already warm and will transfer its
    heat to you.
    15. A fireman feels a door and it is hot from the fire on the other side due to conduction.
    Explanation: One side of the door is touching the other, and it transfers heat.
    16. The cause of weather systems on earth is convection and radiation.
    Explanation: Hot air rises and cool air sinks. This applies to all air. Radiation also applies to
    everything because the sun heats the earth.

    17.You are in the top bunk of a bunk bed and you want to turn the air conditioner on while your
    friend on the bottom bunk is fine is caused by convection.
    Explanation: The warm air has risen to the top of the room, which is why the person on the top is
    warm. The person on the bottom is cooler.

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