Heat Transfer Test

If you put a metal spoon and a wooden spoon into a pot of boiling water, one will become too hot to touch. Why? 

• Metals conduct heat better than wood.
• Wood conducts heat better than metals.
• Metals pull in heat because heat is attracted to metals.
• Wood isn’t as strong as metals.

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On a hot day, the upstairs rooms in a house are usually hotter than the downstairs rooms. Why?

• Cool air is less dense than hot air.

• Warm air rises and cool air sinks.

• The roof insulation warms the air.

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You have a can of soda in your lunchbox that you want to keep cold. Which material will work best to keep it cold?

• Aluminum foil wrapped around the soda because metals transfer heat energy easily.

• A paper towel wrapped around the soda because paper soaks up the moisture.

• Wax paper wrapped around the soda because wax paper traps the moisture.

• Your wool sweater wrapped around the soda because wool traps air.

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When you hold a metal coat hanger in a camp fire to roast a marshmallow, the coat hanger might become too hot to hold. Why might the coat hanger get too hot?

• The heat radiates along the coat hanger.

• The heat builds up near the flame until it can’t hold it anymore and then moves along the coat hanger.

• Metal atoms vibrate with more energy when they get hot, and they collide with atoms near them, which causes the neighboring atoms to vibrate.

• Since metals melt in fire, they react strongly to fire and get hot easily.

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When placed in direct sunlight, which object will absorb the most radiated heat energy?

• A white sweater
• A snowball
• Aluminum foil
• A black sweater

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  You take a cold can of soda off of a counter top. The counter top underneath the can feels colder than the rest of the counter. Which of the following explains this occurrence?

• a.  The cold has been transferred from the soda to the counter.
• b.  There is no heat energy left in the counter beneath the can.
• c.  Some heat has been transferred from the counter to the soda.
• d.  The heat beneath the can moves away into other parts of the countertop.

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 After cooking an egg in boiling water, you cool the egg by putting it into a bowl of cold water. Which of the following explains the egg’s cooling process?

• a.  Temperature is transferred from the egg to the water.
•   b.  Cold moves from the water into the egg.
• c.  Energy is transferred from the water to the egg. 
• d.  Energy is transferred from the egg to the water.

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Heat is a measure of…

• Cold
• Kinetic Energy
• Light Energy
• Nothing

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What is the only method of heat transfer that DOESN’T require matter?

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

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What method of heat transfer uses direct contact? 

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation