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Heat Transfer in Nature

Checkpoint: how heat moves

Six lessons so far. Five questions. You see at once if you are right. Retry as often as you like.

A metal spoon stands in hot dal. How does heat reach the handle?

Warm water at the bottom of a pan rises. What is this movement called?

How does the Sun's heat reach the Earth?

Which part of a pan stays cool enough to hold?

Two identical blocks touch, at 80 °C and 40 °C. No heat escapes. Where do they end?

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  1. 0 Start here
  2. 1 Heat and temperature are different
  3. 2 Heat moves from hot to cold
  4. 3 Through a solid: conduction
  5. 4 In liquids and gases: convection
  6. 5 Across empty space: radiation
  7. 6 Three ways, every day
  8. 7 Checkpoint: how heat moves
  9. 8 The water cycle
  10. 9 Water seeping into the ground
  11. 10 Sea breeze and land breeze
  12. 11 Ice stupas
  13. 12 Checkpoint: water, breezes and ice
  14. 13 The big picture
  15. 14 Track quiz

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