The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed

Energy can be created and destroyed but not transformed

Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

What is the original source of the most of the energy that people use?

By radiation from the Earth's core.

Which best explains how this roasting marshmallows happens?

Heat from the fire is radiated into the marshmallow.

Heat from the fire is conducted into the marshmallow.

The coolness of the marshmallow is conducted into the fire.

The coolness of the marshmallow is radiated into the fire.

Which best describes heat transfer by radiation?

Cooking a hotdog in a microwave.

A slice of bacon frying in a pan.

A pot on a stove boiling water.

What enables fireman to enter buildings that are on fire and return from them safely?

Fireman wear heat resistant suits.

Convection cells keep fire away.

The heat makes the building expand so there is no more room.

Which of the following best describes CONVECTION?

The movement of gas or liquid in which warmer parts move up and the colder parts moves down.

When heat is transferred through waves.

When heat is transferred through objects that are touching.

Which of the following is an example of convection?

Boiling spaghetti noodles in water.

Hair dryer is drying up your hair

When a car engine turns hot after being turned on.

A spoon placed in the cup filled with cold coffee.

only from warm objects to colder ones

both from warm objects to colder ones and from cold objects to warmer ones

only from cold objects to warmer ones

Which sentence explains why a cold metal spoon placed in a pot of boiling water becomes hot?

Thermal energy is transferred from the water to the spoon.

Thermal energy is transferred from the spoon to the water.

Thermal energy in the water is transformed into kinetic energy in the spoon.

Thermal energy in the spoon is transformed into kinetic energy in the water.

If a door was left open between the bedroom (74 degrees) and the living room (68 degrees), what would likely happen to the temperatures after several hours?

the bedroom temp. would lower and the living room temp. would rise

After holding an ice pack against his skin for 20 minutes, the man notices the ice pack is melting. Why is this happening?

conduction - body heat transferred to the cold ice pack

radiation - the ice pack is now all melted

convection - the water in the ice pack flowed in a circle pattern

conduction - heat came from the bigger object to the smaller

If you were going to use this pan to cook, what do you notice could be a problem?

the handles are all metal and will be HOT

it is made of metal, a good conductor

the sides are all metal and will be HOT

there is no food in the pan to cook

Conduction can only occur between two objects when –

both objects are in physical contact with each other.

one object is less dense than the other.

one of the objects is made of a metal.

both objects are exactly the same temperature.

In the situation illustrated, how will heat energy move? Heat energy will be transferred from –

the hot plate to the water by conduction.

the water to the hot plate by convection.

the water to the hot plate by conduction.

the hot plate to the water by convection.

An example of a situation in which an egg is receiving thermal energy through convection -

The egg is hard boiled in a pot of water.

The egg is kept warm by its mother in the nest.

An egg cracked on a hot sidewalk starts to cook.

A metal pan on the stove fries the egg.

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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

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Radiation is how energy from the sun is transferred to Earth.

true

false

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

conduction

insulation

convection

radiation

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30 sec • 1 pt

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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30 sec • 1 pt

As you touch a hot stove the heat transfers -

from your hand to the stove

from the stove to your hand

It doesn't transfer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Thermal Energy Transfer

Which example below is an example of convection?

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

Energy that travels as electromagnetic waves is called ______

Radiation is how energy from the sun is transferred to Earth.

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

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

As you touch a hot stove the heat transfers -

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

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the equator to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?

______ occurs when a cooler, denser mass of a liquid or gas replaces a warmer, less dense mass of a gas or liquid

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