Thermal Energy Quiz

Which one is a conductor?

• Wood

• Iron

• Plastic Spoon

• Paper

An Insulator does not let energy flow through easily?

• True

• False

3. Which one is an insulator?

• Silver

• Copper

• Mechanical Pencil

• Plastic

What is the difference between a conductor and an insulator?

• An insulator allows electricity to flow through it easily and a conductor does not

• A conductor allows electricity to flow through it easily and an insulator does not.

• An insulator is magnetic and a conductor is not

• A conductor is magnetic and an insulator is not

Why are metals useful for making electrical wire?

• Metals do not bend.

• Metals hold much heat.

• Metals are insulators.

• Metals are conductors

Something electricity can't move through is called a(n) ______.

• conductor

• wire

• shoe

• insulator

What is a example of a conductor?

• wood

• metal

• rubber

• rock

What are insulators?

• A conductor is a material that allows electric charge to move through it as an electric current. Usually the charge is carried by electrons, and the conductor is a metal.

• An object that is really, really, really, and I mean really truly, awesome.

• A material or an object that does not easily allow heat, electricity, light, or sound to pass through it. Air, cloth and rubber are good electrical insulators; .

Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low

• low to high

• high to high

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation