Energy and Transfer of Heat Revision Quiz

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called:

• heat
• temperature
• motion
• momentum

No more energy can be removed from matter at:

• its freezing point
• 0°C
• absolute zero
• 273 K

Heat transfer occurs:

• in many directions
• both from warm objects to colder ones and from cold objects to warmer ones
• only from warm objects to colder ones
• only from cold objects to warmer ones

What appearance would a good absorber of radiated heat possess?

• shiny and dark-coloured surface

• rough and dark-coloured surface

• shiny and light-coloured surface

• rough and light-coloured surface

What appearance would a good radiator of heat possess?

• shiny and dark-coloured surface

• rough and dark-coloured surface

• shiny and light-coloured surface

• rough and light-coloured surface

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called:

• thermal energy
• conduction
• convection
• temperature

When you touch something that feels cold, 

• heat from your hand moves into the cold substance.
• coldness moves from the cold substance into your hand.
• it melts.
• it freezes.

The temperature of a substance increases as___.

• the substance expands
• the average kinetic energy of its particles increases
• the substance's volume increases
• the substance's mass increases

Energy is measured in units called.....

• pounds
• meters
• horsepower
• joules

While rubbing your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to trasnform

• thermal energy into nuclear energy
• nuclear energy into electrical energy
• mechanical energy into thermal energy
• mechanical energy into electrical