Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com Heat Transfer
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com Heat Transfer
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com RADIATION Definition: The transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves. There are no particles to collide.
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com CONDUCTION Definition: The transfer of heat energy by direct contact. Particles collide with one another.
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com CONVECTION Definition: The transfer of heat energy by movement of a mass of particles from one area to another in a liquid or a gas (fluid.)
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com Examples: a pot of warming water, the circulation of air in a room, the rise of warm air above a bonfire.
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com Examples: sunlight through a glass; heat lamp at McDonalds, the heat from a fire
Copyright © 2012 InteractiveScienceLessons.com RADIATION Definition: The transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves. There are no particles to collide. Examples: sunlight through a glass; heat lamp at McDonalds, the heat from a fire CONDUCTION Definition: The transfer of heat energy by direct contact. Particles collide with one another. Examples: touching a hot stove, a metal spoon getting hot in a soup pot, frying an egg on a hot sidewalk. CONVECTION Definition: The transfer of heat energy by movement of a mass of particles from one area to another in a liquid or a gas (fluid.) Examples: a pot of warming water, the circulation of air in a room, the rise of warm air above a bonfire.