Movement of Heat

What is the transfer of heat through waves and is the only way that heat can transfer through empty space?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• electrical

Thermal energy moves from _________ objects or molecules to ________ objects or molecules.

• hotter; colder

• colder; hotter

• larger; smaller

• none of the above

What is the transfer of heat by the movement of particles in the form of a current and happens in liquids and gases?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• chemical

What is the transfer of heat from one object to another by direct contact from particle to particle and only happens in solids?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• potential

Thermal energy always moves from--

• the atmosphere to objects on the ground.

• objects on the ground to the atmosphere.

• objects of higher temperatures to objects of lower temperatures.

• objects of lower temperatures to objects of higher temperatures.

a material that allows electricity and heat to pass through it easily

• insulator

• conductor

• thermal energy

the transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves (empty space)

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

the transfer of heat through currents caused by the warming and cooling of liquids and gases

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

the transfer of heat from one substance to another through direct contact

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

the form of energy associated with the movement of atoms or molecules in a material

• insulator

• conductor

• heat