Energy Transfer and Conservation

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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As mass increases, KE ...

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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The SI unit in which kinetic energy is measured is 

• Newton
• Kilogram
• Joules
• Metres per second

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Which material is the best conductor of heat?

• glass
• styrofoam
• metal
• wood

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What materials would be good insulators for a handle on a pan or pot that would be used on the stove?

• wood or plastic
• metal or rubber
• wood or rubber
• copper or steel

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Conduction can only occur between two objects when –

• one object is less dense than the other.
• both objects are in physical contact with each other.
• one of the objects is made of a metal.
• both objects are exactly the same temperature.

Which of the following is an example of conduction?

• Solar energy warming a room.
• Heat rising from the coils of a stove.
• Hot air drying a wet towel.
• Heat moving from a clothes iron to a shirt.

The particles of a gas move ____than the particles of the same substance in the liquid or solid state.

• faster
• slower
• same speed

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Which of the following are kinds of heat transfer.

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• All of the above

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Heat will always transfer from the ___________ object to the ________ object.

• The hottest object to the coolest object.

• The coolest object to the hottest object.

• The solid object to the liquid object.

• The liquid object to the solid object.

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