Heat Transfer Quiz

Sun warming a person through a window.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

The heat moving around inside the water.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Wind blowing in at the beach from the cool water to the hot sand.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

You feel the heat waves sitting close to a fire.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

The heat going from the hot plate into a pot of water sitting directly on the burner.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Which of the following is the best insulator?

• Metal

• Glass

• Plastic

• Styrofoam

What type of heat transfer occurs when a house gets warmer by the sun shining into a room when the curtains are open?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Fission

What is potential energy?

• Energy of motion

• Energy of change

• Energy of mass

• Stored energy

What is kinetic energy?

• The energy of position, shape, or chemical make up

• The energy of motion

• The energy of distance

• The energy of mass

What is the law of conservation of energy?

• Energy is created and destroyed

• Energy is not created but is destroyed

• Energy is created but not destroyed.

• Energy is neither created nor destroyed