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3.5 Thermal Processes

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C/W Wednesday 26 June 2024

Thermal processes
Learning Objectives: Starter
• Understand and identify
examples and uses of
conduction, convection and
radiation Think about the pans and pots in your
house.
What materials are they made of? Why do
you think that is?
How is heat transferred?
Where and how is heat transfer taking place at this seaside?
Why does heat transfer happen?
Heat is a type of energy called thermal energy.

Heat can be transferred (moved) by three main processes:

1. conduction
2. convection
3. radiation
During heat transfer, thermal energy always moves in the same direction:

HOT COLD
Heat energy only flows when there is a temperature difference from a warmer
area to a cooler area.
Conduction
Conduction transfer of heat through a
material by transferring kinetic energy
from one particle to another.

• GOOD CONDUCTORS: metals


• BAD CONDUCTORS (also called
insulators): air – bricks, wool, foam, etc
Conduction demo
Answer
questions 1, 2
and 3
Convection
WHY DO HOT AIR BALLONS FLOAT?
What happens when particles are heated? What happens when particles are heated?

Which of these are less dense? Which of these are less dense?

A B A B
What happens when particles are heated?
When particles are heated, they spread out, meaning that they are
less dense than the others around them, this will cause them to
rise.

Challenge:
Can you apply this knowledge to state how a hot air balloon works?
What happens a fluid is heated?
Liquids and gases can both flow and behave in similar ways, so they are called fluids.

What happens to the particles in a fluid when it is heated?

less dense
heat fluid
The heated fluid particles gain energy, so they move about more and spread out. The
same number of particles now
take up more space, so the fluid has become less dense
Convection
Method in which thermal
energy is transferred in fluids
(liquids and gases)

Convection currents are


created when the fluid is
heated from underneath.
Convection
Answer
questions 4
and 5
Radiation
Thermal energy transfer The Earth is warmed by heat energy from the Sun.

that doesn’t require a How does this heat energy travel from the Sun to the Earth?
medium (a solid, a liquid
or a gas), it travels trough
a vacuum. ?
infrared
waves
There are no particles between the The heat travels to Earth by infrared
Sun and the Earth, so the heat cannot waves. These are similar to light waves
travel by conduction or by convection. and are able to travel through empty
space.
Emitting thermal radiation
All objects emit (give out) some thermal radiation.

Certain surfaces are better at emitting thermal radiation than others.

best emitter worst emitter


matt
white silver
black
best absorber worst absorber
Matt black surfaces are the best emitters of radiation.

Shiny surfaces are the worst emitters of radiation.

Which type of kettle would cool down faster: a black kettle or a shiny metallic kettle?
Progress check
Which will emit more infrared radiation?
Progress check
Which will emit more infrared radiation?
Progress check
Which will emit more infrared radiation?
Why do marathon runners wear a silver
blanket after a race?

Why is the lizard a different colour


than the hand?

What has the elephant just been


doing?
How is heat transferred?
Where and how is heat transfer taking place at this seaside?
Answer
questions 6, 7
and 8
Answer
questions 6, 7
and 8

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