Science Grade 4 - Unit 11 - Heat

Look carefully at the illustration.

What type of matter is shown?

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• Plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Choose the words that belong in the sentence.

As an object _____________, the particles move _____________.

• cools, slower

• warms, slower

• cools, in a straighter line

• warms, in a straighter line

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The liquid inside a thermometer contracts. What does this mean about the substance it is measuring?

• The substance is heating up.

• The substance is cooling down.

• The substance is staying the same.

• The substance cannot be measured.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the measure of the average amount of motion in particles of matter?

• heat

• mass

• volume

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Look carefully at the illustration.

How is heat moving from the stove to the pot in the illustration?

• radiation

• insulation

• convection

• conduction

What are insulators?

• Materials that allow no heat to pass through them.

• Materials that readily allow heat to pass through them.

• Materials that both limit and allow heat to pass through them.

• Materials that limit the amount of heat that passes through them.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

What forms when heated air expands and cooler air sinks below the warmer air?

• thermal current

• radiation current

• convection current

• conduction current

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What are you feeling when you feel the warmth from a light bulb on your skin?

• radiation

• conduction

• solar energy

• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What does thermal energy measure?

• Thermal energy measures the location of moving particles.

• Thermal energy measures only how fast particles are moving.

• Thermal energy measures the total energy of moving particles.

• Thermal energy measures the average energy of moving particles.

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Which method of heat transfer does not require matter?

• radiation

• insulation

• convection

• conduction