Grade 6 Energy & Heat Transfer Quiz

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Sixth-grade energy and heat transfer names conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction is through contact, as in a pan handle warming. Convection is through moving fluid, as in boiling water or room air. Radiation is energy that can travel through space, as in sunlight warming skin.

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What you practice

These are the Grade 6 Energy & Heat Transfer skills this quiz is built around.

Identify conduction as heat transfer by contact through a material.
Identify convection as heat transfer by circulating liquid or gas.
Identify radiation as transfer by electromagnetic waves, including sunlight.

A useful tip

Metal in contact with a burner is conduction. Water circulating in a pot is convection. Feeling warmth from a campfire without touching it is radiation. Space between the sun and Earth has no air, so sunlight arrives by radiation.

Frequently asked questions

What does Grade 6 Energy & Heat Transfer practice?

Practice includes: Identify conduction as heat transfer by contact through a material; Identify convection as heat transfer by circulating liquid or gas; Identify radiation as transfer by electromagnetic waves, including sunlight.

Is the Grade 6 Energy & Heat Transfer quiz free?

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Classic has a timer; Trivi gives three hearts; Learn is untimed with no score.