Chapter 5 Thermal Energy Quiz

A material that reduces the flow of heat by conduction, convection, and radiation is ____.

• A Conductor
• Condensation
• An Insulator
• A Solar Collector

All of the following are good conductors of heat EXCEPT ____.

• Air
• Alumiinum
• Copper
• Silver

The transfer of energy that does NOT require matter is ____.

• Combustion
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection

Which of the following would be the best insulator?

• Air
• Aluminum
• Copper
• Silver

Which is an example of heating through conduction?

• a ceiling fan pushes warm air downwards in winter
• touching a hot stove
• using a greenhouse to grow plants in winter
• the sun heats up the inside of a car

Which is an example of heating through convection?

• warm air rising toward the ceiling
• touching a hot stove
• using a greenhouse to grow plants in winter
• a ceiling fan pushes warm air downwards

Which is the transfer of thermal energy through direct contact of particles?

• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection
• Specific Heat

Most materials ____ when they are heated.

• condense
• freeze
• expand
• contract

The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of that material by 1 degree Celsius is known as?

• Heat
• Specific Heat
• Thermal Energy
• Radiation

The energy that is transferred between objects due to a temperature difference between those objects is known as?

• Convection
• conduction
• Heat
• Specific Heat