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Heat Transfer

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Answer short answers and fill-in-the-blank questions after reading a briefing of how heat energy is transferred between objects. This straightforward worksheet can be useful as homework the evening before you do demonstrations of the three methods of heat transfer. Follow it up by a laboratory activity exploring radiation, conduction, and convection.

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thermal energy, energy, heat transfer, heat, thermometers, temperature, conductivity, convection, radiation

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conduction, convection, heat transfer, radiation, temperature, thermal energy, thermometer, science
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5th - 8th
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