Energy Transfer and Vocabulary Review

On a chilly winter day, Priya feels warm when the sunlight passes through her room's window. This is an example of...

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Scarlett is ironing her shirt. The heat moving from the iron to her shirt is an example of.....

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Mia, Arjun, and Benjamin are cooking pasta for dinner. They heat the water until it boils. This is an example of...

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Evelyn, Rohan, and Charlotte are playing in their two-story house. They notice that the air is warmer upstairs than in the basement. This is because of....

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Charlotte was making hot chocolate for Aria and Samuel. She took a sip without letting it cool and burned her lip. This is an example of....

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

During a camping trip, Noah, Abigail, and Sophia are sitting near a bonfire. They can feel the heat even though they are not directly touching the fire. This is an example of.....

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Which of the following is a characteristic of conduction?

• It involves direct contact

• It occurs in vacuum

• It is caused by the sun

• It involves ultraviolet rays

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Benjamin, Elijah, and Mia were on a field trip to a hot air balloon festival. They learned that hot air balloons rise because the heated air inside the balloon is less dense than the cold air outside. As the warm air rises, the molecules spread out, pushing the cold air downward where it is also heated and rises. This swirling movement of air is called...

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A measure of how hot or cold something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object is known as (a)   .

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

An increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the temperature of the substance is called (a)   .

• Temperature
• Thermal Energy
• Thermal Expansion
• Heat