Clothes dryer

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/clothes-dryer

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the appliance classification?Major household appliance for fabric moisture removal
2. What is the primary energy transfer?Convective heat transfer and mechanical agitation
3. How does a clothes dryer dry clothes?It heats air with a heating element or gas burner, fans it through a drum that turns, and the moving air pulls water out of the clothes.
4. Why do clothes dryers have a tumbling drum?The tumbling drum keeps clothes from sticking together, shows more fabric to the hot air, and makes the drying even.

Evaporation: The process where liquid water turns into water vapor, driven by heat.
Convective Heat Transfer: Heat transfer through the movement of heated air or fluid.
Moisture Vapor: Water in its gaseous state, removed from fabrics during the drying cycle.
Condensation: The process where water vapor cools and turns back into liquid water.