Conductors

___________________ are materials that ALLOW heat and electricity to move easily through them.

• Conductors

• Insulators

These are examples of

• Insulators

• Conductors

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Metal is a great conductor of heat so it flows quicker.

• True

• False

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Plastic is a great conductor of heat so it flows quicker.

• True

• False

You know that the object connected to the wires is a conductor because: (a)  

• The light bulb is glowing bright.

• It's a complete circuit.

• It's a closed circuit.

• The object is shiny.

The object that would best complete this circuit is a (a)   .

• battery

• a piece of yarn

• an insulator

• a conductor

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Which object is a conductor of heat?

• An aluminum nail

• A rubber band

• A tree

• A balloon

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Desiree places four different materials at the same temperature onto a hot plate to find out which material conducts heat the best. The information presented in the illustration shows the temperature of each material after 15 minutes. Desiree can conclude that which of the following materials conduct heat the best?

• Material 1

• Material 2

• Material 3

• Material 4

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Caden place a 5 gram ice cube in four different cups made of four different materials. After 2 minutes he pours off the water that has melted from the ice cube, and measures the mass of the remaining ice. Based on this data, which of the following ranks the materials from the one that conducts the most heat to the least?

• 3, 1, 2, 4

• 4, 3, 1, 2

• 1, 4, 2, 3

• 3, 4, 2, 1

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Four different materials at the same temperature were placed onto a hot stove. The information presented in the illustration shows the temperature of each material after ten minutes. The results support the conclusion that which of the following materials conducts heat best?

• Brick

• Concrete

• Glass

• Aluminum

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