Energy Transfer Quiz

Which of the following is a way to achieve energy transfer through heat?

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Conduction

• Reflection

What is the process by which heat energy flows through liquids and gases?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

What is the process by which heat energy flows through a room?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

What is the process by which heat energy flows through objects through physical contact?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

What is the process by which heat energy flows through objects through electromagnetic waves?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

Conduction, Radiation and Convection are part of which energy system?

• Thermal system

• Electrical system

• Biological system

• Mechanical system

Conduction, Radiation and Convection refer to which Law of Conservation?

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• Energy can transfer from one system into another.

• Energy can be transformed from one form to another.

Which of the following is an example of radiation as a transfer of heat energy?

• Placing hand under warm running water

• Heating metal object

• Sun heating the Earth's atmosphere

• Pouring hot water into a cup

What is the term used for poor conductors of heat?

• Insulators

• Reflectors

• Transmitters

• Absorbers

What happens to the warm part of a fluid when it is heated up?

• It becomes denser

• It becomes lighter and rises

• It becomes heavier

• It becomes solid