Types of Thermal Energy

What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?

• Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.

• No energy is transferred.

• Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Determine if the following scenarios are examples of conduction, convection, or radiation.
Walking on hot sand

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

3 Touching a hot mug

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

5 The sun warming the Earth

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2. Feeling the sun’s rays while floating in a pool

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

6 Feeling hot & cold spots in a lake

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The sun heating the Earth's atmosphere is an example of what kind of heat transfer?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Potential

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Touching a hot stove is an example of what kind of heat transfer?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Potential

What is the energy of heat?

• Electrical energy

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

• Nuclear energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When atoms and molecules bump into one another ____ is transferred from one to another.

• electrons

• gravity

• energy

• neutrons

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5