Heat Transfer Mini Quiz

Imagine yourself sitting in front of a blazing campfire, holding a cup of hot chocolate and roasting marshmallows with a metal stick for your s'mores. The heat of the campfire is transferred to you and you feel warm because of _________.

The mug of hot chocolate you re directly holding in your bare hands transfers heat and warms your hands because of _______________________.

Your marshmallows are roasting over top of the fire and turning a lovely shade of brown. This is heat transfer by ________________________.

The metal stick you are holding in your bare hand is getting warmer and warmer. All of a sudden the stick gets too hot and you drop it. This is heat transfer by ________________________________. Sorry you also lost your marshmallow!!!

Now, if your metal stick had a wooded handle, you would still have your marshmallow and be eating a yummy s'more. The wooded handle would have stopped the heat transfer because the wood is an _____________________________.

Imagine yourself laying on the sand at Myrtle Beach. It is a hot, sunny day and the waves are perfect. You notice that when you are riding the waves the ocean water is warmer at the surface than at the bottom where your feet are. You also notice that there is a strong breeze blowing on the balcony of your hotel nest to the beach. These are both examples of heat transfer by __________.

Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of molecules in matter. Kinetic energy is the energy of ______________.

In the Electromagnetic Spectrum teh wavelengths of light also know as ROY G BIV are know as __________________.

What is a major source of energy for changes on the Earth's Surface?

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