Chapter 6 Thermal Energy

A material that reduces the flow of heat by conduction, convection, and radiation is ____. 

• a conductor 
•  an insulator
• a solar collector
• condensation

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The transfer of energy that does NOT require matter is ____.

• convection
• radiation
• conduction
• combustion

Gasoline engines and diesel engines are ____. 

• heat movers
• external combustion engines
• insulators 
• internal combustion engines

A device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy is a ____. 

• heat mover
• refrigerator
• heat engine
• conductor

Through which of the following will convection most likely occur? 

• liquids and gases
• solids and liquids 
• solids
•  solids and gases

Energy from the Sun travels to Earth as ____. 

• mechanical energy
• combustion
• radiant energy 
• chemical energy

_______ is the total energy of the molecules in a material.

• energy
• Thermal energy
• conduction 
• convection

Specific heat is the amount of _____required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material 1 K

• thermal energy
• mechanical energy
• electrical energy
• energy

Temperature is a measure of the average ____________________ of each particle within an object.

• kinetic energy

• state

• heat

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of these is NOT a way of transferring heat?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• insulation