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Conduction | The transfer of heat from one substance to another through direct contact. |
Convection | The transfer of heat through currents caused by the warming and cooling of liquids or gases. |
Radiation | The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves. |
Radiation | Cooking popcorn in the microwave. |
Conduction | Using a heating pad on sore muscles. |
Conduction | A metal spoon that gets warm from hot soup. |
Conduction | Chocolate melting in your hand. |
Conduction | Ironing a shirt. |
Conduction | Touching a hot stove. |
Conduction | Holding a hot cup of coffee. |
Conduction | An ice cube melting in your hands. |
Conduction | Feeling hot sand on your feet at the beach. |
Convection | Macaroni noodles rising and falling in a pot of boiling water. |
Convection | Drying wet shoes near an air vent. |
Convection | Heat rising from a chimney. |
Convection | Steam rising from a cup of coffee |
Convection | A hot air balloon rising into the sky. |
Convection | A radiator heating or cooling a room. |
Convection | An oven cooking a turkey. |
Convection | Moving wind or ocean currents. |
Convection | The air in the basement is cooler than the air in an attic. |
Radiation | The Sun heating the inside of a car. |
Radiation | Feeling warmth from a fire. |
Radiation | Getting a tan outside. |
Radiation | Roasting a marshmallow over a flame. |
Radiation | Heat given off from a light bulb. |
Radiation | Heat from a toaster warming a bagel. |
Radiation | Heat waves given off by the pavement. |
Radiation | Feeling the warmth of the sun on your face. |
Radiation | Energy from the Sun moves through space |
Conduction | Molecules in the Earth's surface collide and transfer heat with molecules in the air just above the Earth's surface. |
Convection | Heat is transferred through the movement of water or air. Hot air rises |
Temperature | A measure of the average movement of all the particles in an object. |
Thermal energy | The heat caused by the movement of atoms. |
Heat transfer | The transfer of energy from warmer objects to colder objects. |
Infrared | The type of radiation from the sun that is transmitted as heat. |
Troposphere | The layer of the atmosphere where convection currents occur. |