Thermal Energy Transfer

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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Energy that travels as electromagnetic waves is called ______

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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

• true
• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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

• conduction
• insulation
• convection
• radiation

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

• Heat
• Calorie
• Temperature
• Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens to particles as they heat up?

• They slow down
• Nothing
• They don't move
• They speed up

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Thermal energy ALWAYS moves from _____ to _____.

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

Which best describes heat transfer by radiation?

• A slice of bacon frying in a pan.

• A pot on a stove boiling water.

• Cooking a hotdog in a microwave.

• A hot air balloon.

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