understanding heat transfer, conduction, convection and radiation
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WARM – UP
Spend 5 minutes reviewing the Quiz Quiz Trade Cards in the blue basket
Take the Recovery Quiz. DO NOT WRITE ON THE QUIZ PAPER
Answers go on notebook paper
Please go to the next available page in your journal. Title the page “Thermal Energy
Notes”
Students will be familiar with the forms and transformations of energy. Elements of Standard S8P2 a. Explain energy transformation in terms of the Law of Conservation of Energy. b. Explain the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. c. Compare and contrast the different forms of energy (heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, and sound) and their characteristics. d. Describe how heat can be transferred through matter by the collisions of atoms (conduction) or through space (radiation). In a liquid or gas, currents will facilitate the transfer of heat (convection).
Essential Question
• What are the three methods by which thermal energy is moved from place to place?
Thermal Energy• Thermal Energy - All matter is made up of
constantly moving particles. All moving things possess kinetic energy.
– Kinetic energy – vibrations and movement within and between particles
– Potential energy – forces that act within or
between the particles (bonds)
Thermal Energy
• As the particles in a sample move faster and faster, the kinetic energy becomes greater and the temperature of the object rises.
• Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter.
Thermal Energy
• Thermal energy is the total energy of the particles in a material.
• Temperature is measured with a thermometer.
Thermal energy depends on: 1.Mass – the greater the mass, the larger the number of moving
particles
2.Temperature – the higher the temperature, the faster the particles are moving
3.
Example – Temperature as a factor Heat is the thermal energy that flows from
something with a higher temperature to something with a lower temperature. In most cases, heat flows from warmer to cooler materials.
REMEMBER…
Thermal energy travels as heat from a material of higher temperature to a material of lower temperature. Thermal energy will flow from warmer objects to cooler ones until the temperature equalizes.
Heat Transfer
• Heat always moves from a warmer place to a cooler place.
• Hot objects in a cooler room will cool to room temperature. EQUALIZE
• Cold objects in a warmer room will heat up to room temperature. EQUALIZE
Question
• If a cup of coffee and a red popsickle were left on the table in this room what would happen to them? Why?
• The cup of coffee will cool until it reaches room temperature. The popsickle will melt and then the liquid will warm to room temperature.
Conduction
When you heat a metal strip at one end, the heat travels to the other end.
As you heat the metal, the particles vibrate, these vibrations make the adjacent particles vibrate, and so on and so on, the vibrations are passed along the metal and so is the heat. We call this? Conduction
Conduction
Method #1 Conduction – transfer of thermal energy through matter by direct contact of particles Transfer by Collisions
Conduction can take place in solids, liquids and gases. Matter must be present for conduction to take place!
Conduction - Examples
* Heating a pan on a stove (pan heats up by conduction)
* Place a spoon in a bowl of soup (spoon heats up by conduction)
Why does metal feel colder than wood, if they are both at the same temperature?
Metal is a conductor, wood is an insulator. Metal conducts the heat away from your hands. Wood does not conduct the heat away from your hands as well as the metal, so the wood feels warmer than the metal.
Convection
What happens to the particles in a liquid or a gas when you heat them?
The particles spread out and become less dense.
This effects fluid movement.
What is a fluid?
A liquid or gas.
Convection
.
Method #2 Convection – transfer of thermal energy by bulk movement of matter
Transfer by currents
Fluid movement
Convection can take place in fluids (materials that flow). Liquids and gases are fluids.
Currents carry less dense, warmer material up while cooler, denser material sinks.
Examples: Ocean Currents, boiling water
Cold air sinks
Where is the freezer
compartment put in a fridge?
Freezer compartmen
t
It is put at the top, because cool air sinks, so it cools the food on the way down.
It is warmer at the
bottom, so this warmer
air rises and a
convection current is
set up.
The third method of heat transfer
How does heat energy get from the Sun to the Earth? There are no particles
between the Sun and the Earth so it CANNOT travel by conduction or by convection.
?RADIATION
Radiation
Method #3 Radiation – the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, such as visible light and infrared
Energy that travels by radiation is often called radiant energy. Electromagnetic energy must be converted or transformed into thermal energy. Only radiant energy that is absorbed can be converted into thermal energy.
Transfer by Waves
Radiation
Radiation travels in straight lines
True/False
Radiation can travel through a vacuum
True/False
Radiation requires particles to travel
True/False
Radiation travels at the speed of light
True/False
Radiation
Different materials absorb radiant energy differently. Material Effect Shiny Reflects radiant energy Dull Absorbs radiant energy Dark colors Absorbs radiant energy Light colors Reflects radiant energy
Shiny metal
Dull metal
Dull black
Shiny black
Emission experiment
Four containers were filled with warm water. Which container would have the warmest water after ten minutes?
Shiny metal
Dull metal
Dull black
Shiny black
The __________ container would be the warmest after ten minutes because its shiny surface reflects heat _______ back into the container so less is lost. The ________ container would be the coolest because it is the best at _______ heat radiation.
shiny metalradiation
dull blackemitting
Absorption experiment
Four containers were placed equidistant from a heater. Which container would have the warmest water after ten minutes?
The __________ container would be the warmest after ten minutes because its surface absorbs heat _______ the best. The _________ container would be the coolest because it is the poorest at __________ heat radiation.
dull blackradiation
shiny metalabsorbing
Shiny metal
Dull metal
Dull black
Shiny black
Convection questions
Why are boilers placed beneath hot water tanks in people’s homes?
Hot water rises.
So when the boiler heats the water, and the hot water rises, the water tank is filled with hot water.
Why does hot air rise and cold air sink?
Cool air is more dense than warm air, so the cool air ‘falls through’ the warm air.
Radiation questions
Why are houses painted white in hot countries?
White reflects heat radiation and keeps the house cooler.
Why are shiny foil blankets wrapped around marathon runners at the end of a race?
The shiny metal reflects the heat radiation from the runner back in, this stops the runner getting cold.
1. Which of the following is not a method of heat transfer?
A. Radiation
B. Insulation
C. Conduction
D. Convection
3. How does heat energy reach the Earth from the Sun?
A. Radiation
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Insulation
4. Which is the best surface for reflecting heat radiation?
A. Shiny white
B. Dull white
C. Shiny black
D. Dull black
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