Match each situation with the correct method of heat transfer:
a. radiation
b. conduction
c. convection
__A_ 1) The inside of a car gets very hot when that car is parked on a parking lot in the middle of August.
__A_ 2) During the winter when the furnace is running in a two-story house, the temperature on the second floor is warmer than the temperature on the first floor.
__B_ 3) The handle of a cast-iron skillet cooking fried potatoes on the stove gets too hot to pick up without a pot holder.
__A_4) French fries at the restaurant are kept warm by the warming lamps positioned above the cooked french fries.
_B__ 5) The man used a lighter to heat the door key of his car so that it would go into the frozen car door lock.
_C__ 6) Currents in the earth’s asthenosphere are created when hot magma rises.
Are my answers correct?
2 answers
Conduction is the heating through touch
convection is the heating through hot liquid or gas