Transcription of Heat Transfer webquest
1 Name: _____. heat Transfer webquest This website is designed to help you gain a better understanding of the process of heat Transfer . You need to complete the series of activities outlined below and answer any questions in your science file (full sentence answers). Have fun! Go to the website: or if this fails to load go to and type the words wisc online heat Transfer . Select the first option from the list that is generated for you. It should look like the picture below. Click on the button that says next'. Complete this sentence: 1. heat _____ throughout our environment _____ of the _____. 2. In our environment, heat Transfer is always in what direction? _____. Click on the saucepan icon that says conduction'. 3. What is conduction? _____.
2 Complete this sentence: 4. The better the conductor, _____. Light the burner. 5. Why did the hand have to be covered by an oven mitt? (try and use the word transferred in your explanation) _____. _____. Complete the following table: Good Conductors Poor Conductors 6. What are poor conductors' also known as? _____. Click on the return' button. From the heat Transfer diagram, select the hot air balloon icon that says convection'. 7. What is convection? _____. 8. When a gas or liquid warms, what happens to it? _____. 9. What happens when a gas or liquid cools? _____. Light the stove and watch the animation that describes convection. In the space below, draw a diagram that explains this concept. 10. What are three other examples of convection?
3 _____. Click on the return' button. From the heat Transfer diagram, click on the sun icon that says radiation'. Complete this sentence: 11. When electromagnetic waves travel through space, it is called _____. When electromagnetic waves come into contact with an object, the _____ Transfer the _____ to that object. 12. Watch the simulation. Explain how the sun is able to heat the house. _____. _____. 13. Write two other examples of radiation heat Transfer _____. Extension: Go to: to participate in a virtual experiment on heat Transfer . Which material proved to be the best insulator? _____. Go to : # and play Beat the heat ! END OF webquest .