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Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Authored by Cathy Nall

Science

6th Grade

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Conduction, Convection, Radiation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The kind of heat transfer that travels through space in electromagnetic waves is ______________________.

insulation.
Radiation
Conduction
Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.

Hotter to colder
Colder to hotter
Hotter to hotter
Colder to colder

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact of molecules or particles with each other is ___________________.

Convection
Conduction
Radiation
insulation.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

___________________ is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking; creating wind.

Convection
Conduction
Radiation
insulation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two objects at different temperatures are in contact. Which of the following happens to their thermal energy?

Their thermal energies remain the same.
Thermal energy passes from the cooler object to the warmer object
Thermal energy passes from the warmer object to the cooler object.
Thermal energy passes back and forth equally between the two objects.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Marcie played with her friends out in the cold, cloudy weather, wearing her wool hat. After the group had finished building snowmen and having snowball fights, Marcie went back inside to warm up and drink some hot chocolate. When she took her hat off, she realized that it was very warm. What happened?

The radiant energy from the sun warmed up her hat and the hat kept that heat from the sun.
�� Her hat was warm because wool fabric is warmer than other fabrics.
The humidity outside made her hat warm.
Conduction between Marcie�s warm body and the hat occurred and the hat remained warm because it is an insulator.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When you use a microwave, what is the main way that heat is transferred?

Convection
Conduction
Radiation
insulation.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

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