Heat and Energy Quiz

What is the measurement of the average kinetic energy of a substance? (a)  

• Kinetic energy
• Temperature
• Thermal energy
• Potential energy

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heat rises

• true
• false

what is the meaning of convection?

• cold rises heat falls
• heat
• cold
• hot rises cold falls

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what is the meaning of conduction

• when heat transfers from objects that are not touching
• heat rise 
• cold fall
• when heat transfers from objects that are touching

The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.

• high to low
• low to high
• high to high

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Hot air ______ while cool air ____

• Sinks, Rises
• Rises, Rises
• Rises, Sinks
• Convection, Radiation 

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Boiling water is an example of what two types of heat transfer

• Conduction and Radiation
• Conduction and Convection
• Radiation and Convection

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Temperature is the measurement of the average ________ energy of the molecules in an object

• Kinetic 
• Heat
• Motion
• None of the above

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Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• a car parked on a steep hill

• a tennis ball rolling across the court

• a picture hanging on the wall

• a piece of coal before it's burned

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