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5. Conduction is the transfer of heat between substances that are in direct contact of each other.
6. Why does the hand need an oven mitt in order to pick up the pot from the stove? It is too hot
7. List four good conductors and four poor conductors:
Good
Poor
1. Copper
1. Wood
2. Silver
2. Styrofoam
3. Iron
3. Paper
4. Steel
4. Air
8. Convection is the up and down movement of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer.
9. What happens to the air as the stove heats it? It warms, expands, moves quickly (less dense) and rises.
11. What happens to the air as it gets farther from the heat source?
It constantly gets hot and cold creating currents.
12. List four examples of convection:
1. wind
2. lithosphere
3. uplifting
4. suns surface
13. When electromagnetic waves travel through space it is called radiation.
14. What happens to the temperature of the house as the suns radiant energy touches it?
Temperature rises
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. A campfire
2. Microwave oven
3. Light bulb