Conduction, Convection, Radiation Review
Egg frying in a pan
Conduction
Heat transfer by touch
Conduction
Ironing clothes
Conduction
Pot sitting on a hot burner
Conduction
Taking a warm bath
Conduction
Boiling water
Convection
Heat transfer by heat rising and cold sinking
Convection
Water currents
Convection
Heat transfer by a wave
Radiation
Warming your hands by a heater
Radiation
A room's temperature is warmer near the ceiling and colder near the floor
as air moves through convection in the room.
Food is warmed by radiation
as it sits under a heat lamp
Your skin turns red
as the sun's rays are radiated into your skin.
Warm water is on the surface of a lake and cold water at the bottom
because convection creates currents in the lake.
Pancakes cook until fluffy and brown on a griddle
because of conduction from the hot surface they sit on.
Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling water
burns your fingers through conduction.
A pot sitting on a hot burner.
conduction
Grabbing a metal rod that has been sitting over a camp fire.
conduction
Picking up a hot cup of coffee
conduction
Touching a metal spoon that is sitting in a pot of boiling water
conduction
Touching an ice cube with your bare hands.
conduction
Using a heating blanket to get warm
conduction
Your feet touching the hot cement.
conduction
A cool breeze blowing near the ocean.
convection
How the inside of a greenhouse works.
convection
Putting your wet shoes on a floor vent to dry them faster
convection
The air that comes from an air conditioner vent.
convection
The cool water from a hose mixing with the warm pool water.
convection
Veggies on a stove top pan
cooks through conduction until done.
Placing your cold hands near a warm fire
heats up your hands through radiation.
Getting warm by a fire
radiates heat to warm your body.
A person placing their cold hands over a warm fire
radiation
A person placing their hand over a hot burner
radiation
Infrared waves.
radiation
Lying out in the sun to get a tan
radiation
The heat that is released from your body when you run or engage in physical activity.
radiation
The sun warming up the sand at the beach.
radiation
Ultraviolet waves.
radiation
Noodles in a pot of boiling water
rise and fall because of convection.
A lava lamp
shows convection as the lava rises and falls when heated and cooled.
A pot of soup sitting on a hot burner
uses conduction to heat the soup.
A cat lying in the sun
uses radiation to warm it's fur.
A hot air balloon rises in the sky because
warm convection currents lift it upwards.
The sun's rays beaming down toward Earth
warm the air and ground through radiation.
Hot air balloon
Convection
Campfire
Radiation
Sunburn
Radiation
Used in space travel and satellite imaging.
radiation