Answer Key: Self-Test C-1.18
- As hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to
- conduction
- A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of
- radiation
- A certain type of decorative lamp contains coloured liquids. These liquids form globs that break off and rise to the top of the liquid. The globs rise due to
- convection
- Near the ceiling of a room, the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of
- convection
- A college student holds the back of his hand near an iron to see if it is hot. Heat is transferred to his hand by
- radiation
- A heater is placed under one corner of a waterbed mattress. Warm water moves throughout the mattress because of
- convection
- A certain type of stainless steel cookware has a layer of copper applied to the bottom to help it heat evenly. The copper transfers heat to the pan by
- conduction
- In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises because of
- convection
- One end of a copper tube is placed in a torch flame. Small pieces of flux placed along the tube melt at a progressively further distance from the flame. Heat is transferred through the tube by
- conduction
- A house burns down. On the house across the street, all of the vinyl siding is twisted and warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across the street by
- radiation
- Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to
- convection
- A huge rock at the provincial park gets so hot during the day that you can’t sit on it because of
- radiation
- You lie on that same rock at night so that you can keep warm by
- conduction
- A fireman feels a door, which is hot from the fire on the other side due to
- radiation and conduction
