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You are holding an ice cube and the heat from your hand is moving into the much cooler ice cube, causing it to melt. What type of heat transfer is this?
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) Answer not given.

As the water at the bottom of the pot becomes hot and boils, it rises to the top, with cooler water moving down to replace it. What type of heat transfer is this?
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) Answer not given.

Heat energy from the Sun is transferred to the Earth by what type of heat transfer?
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) Answer not given.

If your hand, which is cooler than a hot stove, reaches out and touches the stove, the heat will travel into your hand. What type of heat transfer is this?
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) Answer not given.

When the heat in an object increases, it can ___________.
a) expand (get bigger)
b) contract (get smaller)
c) evaporate
d) condensation

The warmth you feel when sitting by a fire is another example of what type of heat transfer.
a) convection
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) answer not listed

Which of the following is the best conductor of heat?
a) wood
b) metal
c) plastic
d) cloth

This type of heat transfer occurs when heat travels through the air in invisible waves.
a) convection currents
b) tides
c) waves
d) radiation

This type of heat transfer happens when something hot touches something cooler, causing heat from the hotter object to travel to the cooler object.
a) electromagnetic
b) Conduction
c) physics
d) convection

This kind of heat transfer occurs when two objects of different temperature are placed in direct contact with each other.
a) conduction
b) currents
c) nuclear radiation
d) tides and waves

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