20. Heat and Temperature

How do ocean gyres contribute to the redistribution of heat around the Earth?

Convection occurs when thermal energy is transferred by the movement of which of the following?

Why do some clay dishes get hot in the microwave while others remain cool?

Which of the following surfaces will gain thermal energy most quickly when exposed to sunlight?

Which types of heat transfer involve heat flow from hot objects to colder objects?

Which of the following lists correctly identifies the three primary methods of heat transfer?

Which type of heat transfer is primarily responsible for transferring thermal energy from the hot water inside a radiator to its metal parts?

Which of the following is a real-world example of using our understanding of $Q$ (heat) transfer to solve a problem?

Can frozen ice transfer thermal energy to another substance? If so, under what condition does this occur?

Why doesn't a microwave oven make a plastic dish get hot?

Convection is a mode of heat transfer that primarily occurs in which type of material?

Which of the following quantities is a measure of the rate of heat energy transfer?

What happens to most of the incoming solar energy on $\mathrm{Earth}$?

In the context of heat transfer, what occurs during the process of $\mathrm{conduction}$?

Which of the following is the best description of conduction?