Methods of Heat Transfer: Grade 1V
Methods of Heat Transfer: Grade 1V
Methods of Heat Transfer: Grade 1V
Try to Recall
Why do you feel warm when you walk under the sun?
How do you think the heat from the sun reaches the earth?
Explore
Activity 1
Perform the following activities.
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1. Prepare a candle, a small piece of cloth, spoon, and matches.
2. Light the candle. With a piece of cloth hold a spoon over the flame for five
minutes.
3. Observe what happens to the handle of the spoon.
Activity 2
Activity 3
Sit near a fire. Feel your face and arms. How do you feel? How did the heat from the
fire transfer to you?
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Read and learn more:
During heating, the water at the bottom part of the jar gets heated first.
When water is heated, it begins to rise. Cold water is heavier than warm water.
As warm water rises, cold water goes down. The process is repeated until all the
water has the same temperature. The same method of heat transfer also takes
place in the air. This process is called convection.
The heat from the fire travels by waves through space to your body. Your
body absorbs the heat so it becomes warm. This process is called radiation.
I learned that:
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Apply It
1. Burn a piece of crumpled paper in a stove. Stand near the stove fire. Do you feel the
heat coming from the fire? Infer how heat is transferred from the burning paper to
you. What is this method of heat transfer called?
2. Leave a fork in a bowl of hot water. Use a tong to get the fork soaked in hot water.
Hold the fork. Observe what happens to the fork. How will the heat travel in the
fork? What do you call this method of heat transfer?
3. At noon time, the hot surface of the ground heats the air above it. The air becomes
warm. What is this method of heat transfer called?
Test Yourself
A. Read and study the situation below. Identify the method of heat transfer described.
Write conduction, convection, or radiation in your notebook.
B. Explain how heat travels from the fire to a frying pan, then the cooking oil, and then
the fish being cooked.