Heat Energy Quiz

Heat travelling through solid metals is a form of

Heat travelling from the Sun to the Earth does so through

Hot air rising and cool air falling is an example of ......... currents

The reason why handles of metal pots are made of plastic is because

• plastic is a conductor

• plastic is an insulator

• it won't melt as it is too far from the hot plate

• it's too dangerous to make handles out of wood

The reason why electric wires are covered with plastic coating is

• it prevents you from adding heat to the wires

• it insulates the holder from electric currents

• it keeps the heat in so that the wires don't get cold

• it helps with the electricity to run down the wire more quickly

Match the following

• radiation

• 
• conduction

• 
• convection

• 

Jack wants to test which metal conducts heat the best. What apparatus could he use for this test?

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• 
• 
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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Insulator

,

(b) Conductor

• paper

• copper

• iron

• brass

• wood

• plastic

Organize these actions into the right categories that identify the reason for you doing them

Groups:

(a) conduction

,

(b) convection

,

(c) radiation

• holding a metal pot lid with a tea towel

• putting a metal fry pan on a hot stove to cook a steak

• closing the blinds on a hot summer's day

• plasing a reflective shield on a car's windscreen

• in a fire get onto the floor and crawl out of the room

• placing an air conditioner towards the ceiling

There are three ways heat can travel, conduction, convection and (a)   . Only one does not require ​ (b)   to pass on the heat. ​ (c)   and conduction do require particles to pass on the heat ​ (d)  

• radiation
• particles
• Convection
• energy
• currents
• insulators