Thermal Energy Review

What is temperature most directly related to?

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

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A material that reduces the flow of heat by conduction, convection, and radiation is ​ ___.

• a conductor

• condensation

• an insulator

• a solar collector

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All of the following are good conductors of heat EXCEPT ___.

• air

• aluminum

• copper

• silver

The transfer of energy that does NOT require matter is ___.

• combustion

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

Solar collectors are parts of a(n) ___.

• active solar heating system

• external combustion engine

• radiant heating system

• passive solar heating system

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Refrigerators and air conditioners are examples of ___.

• heat engines

• heat movers

• heat pumps

• solar collectors

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Gasoline engines and diesel engines are ___.

• insulators

• external combustion engines

• internal combustion engines

• heat movers

Through which of the following will convection most likely occur?

• liquids and gases

• solids and liquids

• solids

• solids and gases

Which of the following is the correct sequence of strokes in a four-stroke engine?

• compression, intake, exhaust, power

• intake, compression, power, exhaust

• intake, exhaust, power, compression

• intake, power, compression, exhaust

Which is an example of heating through conduction?

• a ceiling fan pushes warm air downwards in winter

• touching a hot stove

• using a greenhouse to grow plants

• the sun heats up the inside of a car

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