Movement of Thermal Energy

What happens when you put a cool metal spoon into boiling water?

• The spoon stays cool

• The spoon gets hot

• The spoon melts

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Thermal energy can move from one place to another when objects touch

• True

• False

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An example of a conductor is

• wood

• plastic

• metal

When you wear an oven mitt to take cookies out of the oven, the oven mitt is an example of ______________

• a conductor

• clothing

• an insulator

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When a liquid or gas is heated, its particles spread out

• True

• False

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is a form of thermal energy we get from the sun

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Thermal

Metal in a pot is an example of what?

(a)  

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What is the best way to describe what happens to air when it gets warm?

• Warm air sinks

• The particles in warm air get close to each other.

• Warm air is pushed up by cooler air.

• Warm air is very still.

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