THERMAL ENERGY TRANSFER

Object A is much larger than Object B, but both are made of the same material. If both objects are at the same temperature, the thermal energy of Object A is (a)   the thermal energy of Object B.

• greater than
• heat
• Kelvin
• Fahrenheit
• Less than

When you heat up an object, the particles in the object move ________. (Think of water with the picture below and how we find water in the three states of matter)

• faster

• the same speed

• slower

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

On a sunny day, you return to your car after a ball game. The inside of the car is very hot. How did the car get so warm?

• A conduction

• B convection

• C radiation

• D specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Match the following scenarios with the method of heat transfer involved.

• Warm air rising and cool air sinking in a room.

• conduction

• Malia burned herself when she picked up a hot iron skillet from the stove.

• convection

• The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance.

• radiation

• Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin.

• specific heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Heat is transferred directly from one particle of matter to another by the process of ________.

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Colder

• Warmer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

_______ is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• Warmer

• Conduction

• Colder

• Radiation

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Heat that is transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid is called __________.

• Warmer

• Conduction

• Colder

• Radiation

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

As the thermal energy of matter (a)   , its particles usually spread out.

• increases
• decreases
• remains constant
• fluctuates

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Most metals are good (a)   of heat.

• conductors
• insulators
• reflectors
• absorbers

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Match the following terms with their corresponding concepts related to a metal door in a wood frame sticking on a hot summer day.

• Unit of energy

• thermal expansion

• Materials that resist heat flow

• joules

• Conductors of heat

• metals

• Energy related to temperature

• Insulators

• Increase in size due to heat

• thermal energy

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