Heat Transfer Vocab Practice

The flow of energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

• heat

• temperature

• radiation

• conduction

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The process by which energy is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object by means of physical contact

• Thermal Energy

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

The process by which energy is transferred in gases and liquids occurring when a warmer, less dense area of gas or liquid is pushed up by a cooler, more dense area of gas or liquid.

• Thermal Energy

• Radiation

• Convection

• Expansion

The energy an object has due to the motion of its particles; the total amount of kinetic energy of particles in an object.

• heat

• thermal energy

• conduction

• convection

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A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm by means of (a)   .

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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Marvin and Taily are having a blast playing on the sunny beach. The sun's warmth reaches them through (a)   .

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Heat Lamps (a)  

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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What is a transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Heat

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In a lava lamp, the cooler ​ (a)   wax ​ (b)   and the warmer ​ (c)   wax ​ (d)   .

• more dense

• sinks

• less dense

• rises

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Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves. 

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Induction

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