Thermal Energy

What type of heat transfer is the following?

Solar panels are used to collect sunlight for energy.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• None of the above

In the following example, identify the correct type of heat transfer:

You feel the warmth from the sun on your face.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

In the following example, identify the type of heat transfer.

You hold an ice cube in your hand and it begins to melt.

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

In the following example, identify the type of heat transfer:

The handle of a pot is hot and burns your hand.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

Material or substance that transfers heat easily

• Conductor

• Radiation

• Convection

• Insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Convection occurs in

• liquids and gases

• solids

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The arrows in the pot represent _____.

• convection

• conduction 

• waves 

• radiation 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Radiation, conduction, and convection are three ways that heat is transferred or moves.

True or False

• false

• true

The total kinetic and potential energy of all particles in an object is called...

• mechanical energy

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

________ is the transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects in direct contact

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4