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d. Thermosphere _______hotter_________________________________
Heat Transfer
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5. Conduction is the transfer of heat between _______objects of two different
temperatures.______________________________________________.
6. Why does the hand need an oven mitt in order to pick up the pot from the stove? ____The hand needs a mitt
because the pot is
hot.____________________________________________________________________________________
7. List four good conductors and four poor conductors:
Good
Poor
1. _____copper__
_ 1. _wood
2. __
_ 2. __styrofoam
silver
3. _____iron______________________
3. __paper
4. _____steel______________________
4. ____air
3. Microwave oven
4 Hot air balloon
13. When electromagnetic waves travel through space it is called radiation.
14. What happens to the temperature of the house as the suns radiant energy touches it?
The house gets warmer.
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. Sunlight
2. Infrared lamps
3. Light bulbs