Heat Transfer
Grade 7•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can describe how thermal energy moves from warmer objects to cooler objects through conduction, convection, or radiation.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define heat transfer and explain why a temperature difference is necessary for it to occur.
2. Describe the process of conduction and provide an example of a material with high thermal conductivity and a material with low thermal conductivity. Explain why they differ.
3. Explain how convection works, differentiating between natural and forced convection. Give a real-world example of each.
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Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14
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