2. Touching a hot stove where the heat is transferred from the
stove to your hand through conduction
Cooking food on a stove where the heat is transferred from the
burner to the pot through conduction
Conduction
the transfer of heat through a material without
any movement of the material itself. This is
usually seen in solids where molecules are
tightly packed and can easily transfer thermal
energy through collisions with their
neighboring molecules.
3. Boiling water where the heat is transferred from the stove to
the water through conduction, but the hot water rises and
cooler water sinks, creating a convection current
Wind where hot air rises and cooler air sinks, creating
convection currents in the atmosphere
Convection
the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or
gas) caused by the movement of that fluid. In
convection, heat is transferred by the
movement of particles in the fluid carrying
thermal energy from one place to another.
4. The sun heating the Earth's surface through radiation
A microwave oven where the food is heated through radiation
from the microwave energy
Radiation
the transfer of heat through electromagnetic
waves, such as light. Radiation can travel
through a vacuum and does not require any
medium to transfer thermal energy.