Thermal Energy for 5th Graders

Thermal energy can be measured as...

• Temperature

• Sound degrees

• Pounds

• Money

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Device/Object that measures temperature. 

• Thermal energy
• Temperature
• Thermometer
• Heat

Possible uses of thermal energy -

• Cooking food

• Heating a home

• Producing animals

• Producing electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The flow of energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

• heat
• temperature
• radiation
• conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

"Thermal" stands for -

• energy

• expans

• temperature

• heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Materials that do not transfer energy easily.

• Insulators
• Conductors
• Energy
• Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Materials that transfer energy easily.

• Conductors
• Insulators
• Heat
• Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is the most important energy source for our planet?

• the sun

• stove burner

• Our planet

• wind currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How does heat from thermal energy move?

• moves from hot to cold

• moves from cold to hot

• moves up and never down

• moves from side to side

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NGSS.4-PS3-2

Thermal energy ALWAYS moves from _____ to _____.

• solid to liquid
• ice to water
• hot to cold
• solid to gas

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3