Thermal Energy, Heat, and Temperature 2024

Which example below is an example of convection?

• Standing on a hot metal bridge
• The attic is warmer than the basement
• The Sun heating the Earth
• Touching hot sand with your feet

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The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps.  This demonstrates what kind of heat transfer? 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Energy that travels as electromagnetic waves is called ______

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

The transfer of thermal energy through a substance by direct contact is called___.

• conduction
• insulation
• convection
• radiation

The transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by the the movement of fluids is

• convection
• conduction 
• radiation
• thermal energy

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The total kinetic energy of particles that make up matter is called

• Heat
• Calorie
• Temperature
• Thermal Energy

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What happens to particles as they heat up?

• They slow down and get closer

• Nothing

• They speed up and get closer

• They speed up and spread out

Thermal energy ALWAYS moves from _____ to _____.

• solid to liquid
• ice to water
• hot to cold
• solid to gas

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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You and your friends gathered around a campfire to keep warm. How heat is being transferred?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation