Summative Heat Transfer Part 1

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NAME:

SECTION:
SUMMATIVE ON HEAT TRANSFER
Directions: Identify the following situation whether it is CONDUCTION, CONVECTION, or
RADIATION.

1. You are stirring a bowl of hot soup with a metal spoon. The spoon starts to feel warmer
because of ____________________.

2. 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 a progressively larger distance from the flame. Heat is transferred through
the rod by ____________________.

3. In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises
because of ____________________.

4. 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 ____________________.

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 ____________________.

6. Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of
____________________.

7. You buy a lava lamp from the store. As the lamp heats up, blobs of liquid rise to the top then
sink back down to the bottom. This process continues because of ____________________.

8. You are doing your homework at a desk that is underneath a lamp. You start to feel hotter
because of ____________________ from the lamp.

9. Your best friend has a bunk bed. You move from the bottom bunk to the top bunk and notice
that the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of ____________________.

10. You are in science class and want to see if the hot plates were used recently. You place your
hand over the hot plate. Without touching the hot plate, your hand feels warmer. Heat is
transferred to your hand by ____________________.

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