Quiz about Thermal Energy Final Practice

Question 1

If a cup of hot chocolate is put in the microwave, would that add or remove thermal energy to the hot chocolate.

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Thermal Energy is Added

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Thermal Energy was Removed

Question 2

The total kinetic energy of the tiny particles that make up matter.

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Thermal Energy

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Energy Transfer

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Temperature

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Heat

Question 3

Energy transferred between two objects with varying temperatures, always transferring from warmest to coldest until the two objects have equal temperatures.

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Heat

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Thermal Energy

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Energy Transfer

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Temperature

Question 4

Radiation is a method of thermal energy transfer that moves -

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through empty space.

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when objects touch.

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only through solids.

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in the motion of fluids.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of conduction?

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Heat moving from a clothes iron to a shirt.

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Solar energy warming a room.

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Heat rising from the coils of a stove.

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Hot air drying a wet towel.

Question 6

Heat transfer in boiling water.

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Convection

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Conduction

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Radiation

Question 7

On a cold rainy day a baby is touching a cold window.  It feels so cold. Which way is the heat moving moving?

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Heat is moving from the hand to the window.

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Cold is moving from the window to the hand.

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Heat doesn't move.

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It moves in currents

Question 8

Heat transfer in wind.

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convection

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conduction

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radiation

Question 9

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

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high to low

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low to high

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high to high

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It can travel high to low and low to high.

Question 10

The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

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radiation

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conduction

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convection

Question 11

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

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convection

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conduction

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radiation

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Insolation

Question 12

Heat transfer occurs

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only from warm objects to colder ones.

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in many directions

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both from warm objects to colder ones and from cold objects to warmer ones.

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only from cold objects to warmer ones.

Question 13

TRUE or FALSE?  Frying pans made for cooking are made of metal because metals are good CONDUCTORS of heat energy.

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True

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False

Question 14

Which statement describes the reason why an ice cube melts when set out in a warm

room?

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Heat from the room is absorbed by the ice cube.

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The ice cube molecules move more slowly.

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One side of the ice cube is colder than the other.

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Heat from the ice cube moves into the air.

Question 15

The BEST example of heat transfer by convection is when

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heat rises in a chimney

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sunlight warms soil

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a ceiling fan blows air

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flames heat up a pan

Question 16

This process is known as ____.

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Thermal Equilibrium

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Thermal Contraction

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Thermal Expansion

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Conduction

Question 17

The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks. This type of heat transfer is called ______.

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Convection

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Conduction

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Radiation

Question 18

In an energy transfer experiment, four blocks of different temperatures are stacked. Where would energy transfer by conduction move downward, from a higher block to a lower block?

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Sample 3 to Sample 4

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Sample 2 to Sample 4

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Sample 1 to Sample 2

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Sample 1 to Sample 3

Question 19

What type of heat transfer occurs at point B in the diagram?

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Convection; heat rises, cold sinks

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Conduction; heat rises, cold sinks

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Conduction; cold rises, heat sinks

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Convection; cold rises, heat sinks

Question 20

Which of the following are sources of radiation?

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sun, lightbulbs and heat next to a fire

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sun, lightbulbs and heat over a fire

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boiling water and evaporation

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sun and insulators

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