Thermal Energy

Which material is the best conductor of heat?

• glass
• styrofoam
• metal
• wood

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Heat moves easily through materials called ____

• Conductors
• Insulators

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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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Which of the following is caused by heat energy?

• ice melting
• wet socks getting dry in a clothes dryer
• noodles cooking in a pot
• all of them are examples of heat energy

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Heat will always transfer from the ___________ object to the ________ object.

• The hottest object to the coolest object.

• The coolest object to the hottest object.

• The solid object to the liquid object.

• The liquid object to the solid object.

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Convection is heat transfer by-

• Touch an object
• The heating and cooling of a fluid
• Electromagnetic Waves

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In what direction do hot liquids and gasses move?

• Side to Side
• Down
• Up
• Back and Forth

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When the 2nd story of a house is warmer than the 1st floor of a house is heat transfer through 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• thermal equilibrium

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The sun warming your skin is an example of heat transfer through 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• thermal electricity

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Is a measure of how hot or cold something is 

• Cold
• Heat
• Temperature
• Thermal Energy 

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