Melting Wax Balls Clarissa and Angaelos by Clarissa Orna [Student FVHS]

1. What is conduction? What is heat as defined in science?

17hannaah072 — 2014-04-04 03:21:30 UTC

Conduction is the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material. The amount of heat transferred to one unit of mass to another.

3. Which of the wires conducted heat the best (melted the ball of wax first?

17ornacm282 — 2014-04-05 02:49:05 UTC

The thickest wire melted the wax first, conducting the best.

2. Explain how conduction is demonstrated by the experiment that you are doing with the candle, wire, and the wax.

17ornacm282 — 2014-04-05 02:56:56 UTC

Conduction is being demonstrated in the experiment by the candle heating up the copper and the wax at the end of the copper melts.

4. Explain with at least 2 sentences why that wire is the best conductor of heat. (Make sure to mention how the thickness of the wire helped your results)

17ornacm282 — 2014-04-05 03:00:39 UTC

The thickest wire was the best conductor of heat because it was the thickest causing it to have much more heat then the others. The wax melted first because all the heat in the thickest wire made it melt.

5. Which of the ESLR's was addressed in this activity. Explain with a couple of sentences.

17ornacm282 — 2014-04-05 03:19:35 UTC

Some of the eslr's in this activity is the critical thinker you had to think really hard and access information using current technology and synthesize the only information we were given. Another eslr is responsible member of society by working with our partners well

Diagram 1

17ornacm282 — 2014-04-05 03:50:59 UTC

Diagram 2

17ornacm282 — 2014-04-05 03:52:03 UTC

Our Setup

17hannaah072 — 2014-04-05 06:02:00 UTC

A video of the wax ball falling

17hannaah072 — 2014-04-05 06:02:31 UTC