Heat and Temperature Practice Quiz

Smoke rises at a campfire because

• the heated gas is less dense

• the heated gas is more dense

• the heated gas conducts heat to space

• smoke follows beauty

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When I drink coffee in the morning, I warm my hands on the mug by what type of heat transfer?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• coziness

Heat transfer is really neat. It always moves from..

• hot to cold

• cold to hot

• big to little

• stop singing

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When I cook bacon, it touches the pan. It is cooked because

• heat transfers from the pan to the bacon through convection

• heat transfers from the pan to the bacon through conduction

• heat transfers from the bacon to the pan through conduction

• heat is transferred as energy

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Which type of heat transfer occurs as heat moves in a circular motion in a liquid or gas?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• cooking

Which type of heat transfer travels through empty space and does need a state of matter?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• waves

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

• When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

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Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more
• less

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How does heat transfer when you hold an ice cube in your hand?

• from the cold ice cube to your warm hand

• the cold ice cube makes your hand cold

• from your warm hand to the cold ice cube

• very carefully

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Energy that transfers from one substance to another until the temperatures are equal is called...

• Joe

• temperature

• MELTS

• heat

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