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| Visit the Heat Transfer Website to answer the following questions. |
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| 1. What are the three ways heat can be transferred in our environment? |
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| 2. Click on the picture of the pot. Light the burner and view the animation. |
What type of heat transfer is occurring and define it.
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| 3. What substances do you think would be good conductors or poor conductors? (hint: click on show examples) |
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| 4. Click on the hot air balloon. |
What is convection and what phases does it occur in?
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| 5. Light the stove. |
| Describe how a convection current is created. |
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| 6. Can you think of other examples of convection? (hint: click on show examples) |
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| 7. Click on the sun. |
What is radiation?
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| 8. What happens when electromagnetic waves come in contact with an object? (hint: add sunlight to the house) |
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| 9. Can you think of other examples of radiation heat transfer? (hint: click on show examples) |
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| 10. The following Energy Star link contains information on improving energy efficiency in your home. This is an interactive home that allows you to visit various rooms in a typical home. |
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Click on each room to learn what you can do to cut energy costs. Then, make a list of 5 things that you can do to personally save energy. |
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| Use the following link to answer the remaining questions on Density:
http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Analytical_Chemistry/Quantifying_Nature/Density_and_Percent_Compositions
11. What is Density? Will the size of the object affect density?
12. What is Mass? Explain the difference between mass and weight.
13. What is Volume?
14. Click on Density and Temperature. Look at the data in the table. What happens to the density as temperature increases?
15. Scroll down to the picture of the hot air balloon. Describe how the air inside the balloon is different than outside and how that helps the balloon to rise.
16. Watch the following demonstration. http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/science-video/tea-bag-rocket-convection-currents What type of heat transfer allows for this to occur? Why do you think this happens?
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After you submit your work, you may return to this page to play the heat transfer games until the end of the period today.
Game 1 - Soccer Challenge Player needs to get a question correct to try and score a penalty shoot on a soccer goalie.
Game 2 - Basketball Challenge Player is asked a question, if they get it correct they have the opportunity to shoot a basketball in the hoop.
Game 3 - Deal/No Deal (Grade/ No Grade) Player picks an envelope. At the end of each turn, they get an offer to buy their grade. Take it or leave it! |