Heat Transfer Vocabulary Quiz

A material that does not allow heat to pass through easily:

• insulator

• conductor

• radiation

• conduction

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The transfer of heat (thermal energy) by the movement of liquids or gases.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• electromagnetic

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The energy of an object has because of the movement of its molecules; heat can be transferred from one object to another

• radioactive energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

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This is a good conductor of heat:

• liquid

• solid

• ice

• metal

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A material that easily allows heat to pass through is called a

• conductor

• insulator

• radiation

• door

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These can carry energy through places with or without any matter:

• invisible atoms

• ocean waves

• air waves

• electromagnetic waves

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Energy that is transferred through direct contact:

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

The heat you feel when you put your hands over a fire (transfer of energy by electromagnetics waves):

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

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