Heat Energy Vocabulary words plus lesson 1

An energy that moves from warmer objects to cooler objects is called __________.

• energy

• heat

• thermometer

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

How fast molecules in matter are moving is called __________.

• temperature

• heat

• insulator

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A scale used mostly in the United States to measure temperature is the _______________________ scale.

• Celsius

• Fahrenheit

• Edison

• Heat

A scale that scientists use to measure temperature is called _____________.

• Fahrenheit

• Celsius

• Conduction

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

An instrument used to measure temperature is called a _______________________.

• conduction

• convection

• thermometer

• insulator

The movement of heat through liquids and gases is called ________________.

• heat

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The movement of heat through solids as molecules bump into one another is called ______________.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• temperature

The movement of heat in the form of invisible waves is called _________________.

• radiation

• temperature

• convection

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A material through which heat does not move through easily is called _____________________.

• an insulator

• a thermometer

• heat

• a conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

What happens when solid matter is heated?

• it contracts

• it expands

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4