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1. Copper
1. Wood
2. Steel
2. Styrofoam
3. Iron
3. Paper
4. Silver
4. Air
8. Convection is the up and down movement of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer.
9. What happens to the air as the stove heats it?
Its heated and it expands.
11. What happens to the air as it gets farther from the heat source?
Cools and falls.
12. List four examples of convection:
1. Warmer water at surface of lake or pool,etc.
2. Wind currents
3. Hot air balloon
4. Lower floors of building being cooler
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?
It gets heated.
15. List three examples of radiation:
1. Campfire
2. Microwave oven
3. Lightbulb