Heat Transfer Formative

The sun shines down on this family as the play on the beach.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low

• low to high

• high to high

Molecules in cold things move more _________
than in hot things.

• quickly
• slowly
• happily
• merrily

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more
• less

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...

• convection
• radiation
• insulation
• conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Manuel was having trouble opening a new glass jar of pickles. His father told Manuel to hold the metal lid of the jar under running hot water for a few seconds, then try again. Then the lid opened easily. What is the mostlikely reason Manuel’s father suggested using hot water to loosen the lid?

• Glass contracts when it is heated.
• Metals expand when they are heated
• Metals are easier to grip when they are warm.
• Hot water reduces friction between metal and glass.

What does the average kinetic energy of an object's particles tell you?

• how hot the object is
• how cold the object is
• the temperature of the object 
• how fast the particles are moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Temperature____ as average kinetic energy decreases.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4