Wednesday, January 27, 2010






Is the transfer of heat by the actual movement of the warmed matter? Heat leaves the coffee cup as the currents of steam and air rise. Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a gas or liquid by movement of currents. The heat moves with the fluid. Consider this: convection is responsible for making macaroni rise and fall in a pot of heated water. The warmer portions of the water are less dense and therefore, they rise. Meanwhile, the cooler portions of the water fall because they are denser.

Is the transfer of energy through matter from particle to particle? It is the transfer and distribution of heat energy from atom to atom within a substance. For example, a spoon in a cup of hot soup becomes warmer because the heat from the soup is conducted along the spoon. Conduction is most effective in solids-but it can happen in fluids. Fun fact: Have you ever noticed that metals tend to feel cold? Believe it or not, they are not colder! They only feel colder because they conduct heat away from your hand. You perceive the heat that is leaving your hand as cold.

Electromagnetic waves that directly transport ENERGY through space. Sunlight is a form of radiation that is radiated through space to our planet without the aid of fluids or solids. The energy travels through nothingness! Just think of it! The sun transfers heat through 93 million miles of space. Because there are no solids (like a huge spoon) touching the sun and our planet, conduction is not responsible for bringing heat to Earth. Since there are no fluids (like air and water) in space, convection is not responsible for transferring the heat. Thus, radiation brings heat to our planet.

Friday, January 22, 2010

assingment 5

the people in our group is: Arely and Nathan
we will be creating a solar heat panel
our name is heat panel

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Thermal Insulator Cup Lab

First: Create a Hypothesis: Predicting What you think will happen?

My Hypothesis: i think the one that has the aluminum will have more heat because aluminum is a heat insulator

2. Please Discuss your Observations of What happened as time Elapsed:

the cup that had NO aluminum, its temperature was staying the same. it was still cooler than the cup that had the aluminum

3. Conclude whether Aluminum Foil a good Heat Insulator? Aluminum IS a good heat insulator because it attracts heat and the temperature was rsing(thats how hot it was)


4. Read one of your classmate's Blog on this assignment

Quiz

i think that i did "okay" i missed like 2...