Heat Energy/Energy Transformation

Which is the best conductor of heat?

• a metal bench

• a wooden table

• a rubber swing seat

• a plastic chair

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Sam puts pizzas in a special container to keep them hot while she delivers them to her costumer. The container is most likely used because it _______.

• it is a good conductor of heat energy

• it stops energy from leaving the container

• it is a not a good insulator

• it keeps heat energy out of the container

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Cindy used oven mitt on her hand to take the cookie tray out of the oven. Why did she use the oven mitt?

• decrease the amount of heat energy in the pan

• conducts heat energy to her hand

• keep her hand insulated

• transfer the heat energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Four friend are drinking hot tea. They each have different ideas about the direction of the flow of heat energy. Which friend's statement is most likely TRUE?

• from their hand to the tea cup

• from the tea to the cup

• from the cup to the tea

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

James and his friends are sitting around a fire pit on a cold Winter Day. Which explains how energy warm up the friends?

• by radiation

• by the air rising and sinking

• by contact with the air

Lisa place an ice cube in a bowl of soup. Which of these describes how the heat travels?

• from the soup to the ice cube until it boils

• from the ice cube to the soup until it freezes

• from the ice cube to the soup until they both evaporate

• from the soup to the ice cube until they become the same temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A chef used heat energy to grill some steak. What is another name for heat energy?

• electrical energy

• light energy

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which statement describes heat transfer by conduction?

• eggs frying in a pan

• a camp fire radiating to warm up campers

• hot air rising and cold air sinking

• plants using light energy to make their food

Alicia has ideas about how heat energy travels. Which statement is TRUE?

• heat travels from low a temperature to a high temperature

• heat energy travels from cold objects to hot objects

• heat energy travels from hot objects to cold objects

Energy from the sun travels to Earth by

• convection

• radiation

• convection