Quiz about Heat, Conductor, and Insulators

Question 1

Is iron a conductor or insulator?

Accepted Answer

Conductor

Answer

Insulator

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an insulator?

Accepted Answer

Copper

Answer

Wool

Answer

Plastic

Answer

Styrofoam

Question 3

Heat transfers from ______ objects to cold objects.

Accepted Answer

Hot

Answer

Cold

Answer

Convection

Answer

Radiation

Question 4

What type of heat transfer happens in liquids and gases?

Accepted Answer

Convection

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Radiation

Question 5

Touching hot sand is....

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Radiation

Question 6

Hot air ______ while cool air ____

Accepted Answer

Rises, Sinks

Answer

Sinks, Rises

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Rises, Rises

Answer

Convection, Radiation

Question 7

What are the types of heat transfer called? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Accepted Answer

Convection

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Insulation

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Thermal

Question 8

What is a insulator?

Accepted Answer

a material that slows the transfer of heat

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a material that transfers heat easily

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a material that is fluffy

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a material that is temperature controlled

Question 9

Rubber is a insulator.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 10

The following are conductors EXCEPT-

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

Answer

A.

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C.

Answer

D.

Question 11

Which of these is a conductor?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

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C.

Answer

D.

Question 12

The electrical wires in many homes are made of copper and covered with plastic. Why are copper and plastic good choices for electrical wires?

Accepted Answer

Copper is a conductor of electricity, and plastic is an insulator of electricity.

Answer

Copper is an insulator of electricity, and plastic is a conductor of electricity.

Answer

Copper is a conductor of electricity, and plastic is an insulator of heat.

Answer

Copper is an insulator of electricity, and plastic is a conductor of heat.

Question 13

What has the most thermal energy?

Accepted Answer

Iceberg

Answer

Cup of tea

Question 14

Heat and temperature are the SAME thing.

Accepted Answer

Of course not, Heat measures TOTAL NUMBER of molecules, while temperature measures the AVERAGE SPEED of molecules

Answer

Super true!, Both measure the amount of molecules

Question 15

What are Conductors?

Accepted Answer

A conductor is a material that allows electric charge to move through it as an electric current. Usually the charge is carried by electrons, and the conductor is a metal.

Answer

an insulator

Answer

an conductor

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A material or an object that does not easily allow heat, electricity, light, or sound to pass through it. Air, cloth and rubber are good electrical insulators; feathers and wool make good thermal insulators. Compare conductor.

Question 16

What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Density

Question 17

What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Radiation

Answer

Convectio

Answer

I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!

Question 18

When a pot is  touching a stove that is on, what heat transfer is happening?

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

I don't know??????

Answer

Radiation

Answer

Convection

Question 19

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.

Accepted Answer

radiation

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conduction

Answer

convection

Question 20

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

Accepted Answer

convection

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conduction

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radiation

Question 21

Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?

Accepted Answer

from the cup to her hand

Answer

from her hand to the cup

Answer

no heat is transferred

Heat, Conductor, and Insulators

24 questions

Is iron a conductor or insulator?

Which of the following is NOT an insulator?

Heat transfers from ______ objects to cold objects.

What type of heat transfer happens in liquids and gases?

Touching hot sand is....

Hot air __ while cool air

What are the types of heat transfer called? Select all that apply.

What does letter A represent? Hint (Hot air rising.)

What does letter B represent? Hint (Doesn't need matter to transfer.)

What does letter C represent?

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