Thermal Energy

Front

Which material is the best conductor of heat? Options: glass, styrofoam, metal, wood

Back

metal

Front

What materials would be good insulators for a handle on a pan or pot that would be used on the stove? Options: wood or plastic, metal or rubber, wood or rubber, copper or steel

Back

wood or rubber

Front

Why does a metal lawn chair get hot in the sun when the grass sitting in the same sunlight remains cool to the touch?

Back

Heat travels easily through metal objects but not through plants.

Front

Conduction can only occur between two objects when –

Back

both objects are in physical contact with each other.

Front

Which of the following is an example of conduction? Options: Solar energy warming a room., Heat rising from the coils of a stove., Hot air drying a wet towel., Heat moving from a clothes iron to a shirt.

Back

Heat moving from a clothes iron to a shirt.

Front

The particles of a gas move ____ than the particles of the same substance in the liquid or solid state.

Back

faster

Front

Kinds of heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Back

Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Front

Heat will always transfer from the ___________ object to the ________ object.

Back

The hottest object to the coolest object.

Front

Why did the metal spoon become warm when Jenny stirred hot chocolate with it?

Back

The spoon is a conductor.

Front

Convection is heat transfer by-

Back

The heating and cooling of a fluid