Thermal energy

Heat moves easily through materials called ____

• Conductors
• Insulators

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Which activity for staying warm in a cold forest uses insulation?

• covering yourself with leaves
• getting out of wind by climbing to a higher spot
• sitting near water
• drinking a warm liquid

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Odessa rubs her hands together quickly; she notices they get warm. What type of energy is this?

• electrical energy

• light energy

• sound energy

• heat energy

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What is the BEST reason cooking pots are made out of the materials aluminum, copper, and sometimes glass?

• They are able to stop the flow of heat.

• They are good conductors of heat.

• They keep the same amount of heat.

• They are good insulators of heat.

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Heat transfer in boiling water.

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

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On a cold rainy day a baby is touching a cold window.  It feels so cold. Which way is the heat moving moving? 

• Cold is moving from the window to the hand.
• Heat is moving from the hand to the window.
• Heat doesn't move.
• It moves in currents

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Which material is the best conductor of heat?

• glass
• styrofoam
• metal
• wood

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

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation

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

• high to low
• low to high
• high to high
• It can travel high to low and low to high. 

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An iron bar is placed in a flame, as shown, and is heated until the end glows.The other end of the iron bar soon becomes hot, too.  Which of the following statements best describes why the iron bar becomes hot to the touch?

• a convective flow of energy is set up inside the iron bar.
• energy is conducted from atom to atom along the length of the iron bar.

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