Answer Key: Self-Test C-1.18

  1. As hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to
    1. conduction
  2. 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
    1. radiation
  3. 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
    1. convection
  4. Near the ceiling of a room, the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of
    1. convection
  5. 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
    1. radiation
  6. A heater is placed under one corner of a waterbed mattress. Warm water moves throughout the mattress because of
    1. convection
  7. 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
    1. conduction
  8. In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises because of
    1. convection
  9. 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
    1. conduction
  10. 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
    1. radiation
  11. Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to
    1. convection
  12. A huge rock at the provincial park gets so hot during the day that you can’t sit on it because of
    1. radiation
  13. You lie on that same rock at night so that you can keep warm by
    1. conduction
  14. A fireman feels a door, which is hot from the fire on the other side due to
    1. radiation and conduction

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