Quiz on Thermal Energy

Thermal energy tends to move in a system until all objects reach the same temperature, a state known as (a)   .

• Thermal Equilibrium

• Thermal Expansion

• Thermal Conduction

• Thermal Insulation

Thermal energy transfer through (a)   involves the movement of a gas or liquid.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Which of the following is a common misconception about thermal energy transfer?

• Radiation requires a medium to transfer thermal energy.

• All materials transfer heat equally.

• Heat is a substance rather than the transfer of energy.

• All of the above.

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Thermal energy naturally flows from areas of higher temperature to areas of (a)   .

• equal temperature

• lower temperature

• higher temperature

• none of the above

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Which of the following is a common mistake students make about thermal energy?

• Thinking that heat is the absence of cold

• Thinking that heat can be 'used up' or destroyed

• Thinking that all materials conduct heat at the same rate

• Thinking that heat always moves downwards.

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Thermal energy is the movement of heat from a warmer object to a (a)   object.

• cooler

• hotter

• similar

• identical

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The movement of thermal energy from a region of _________________ temperature to a region of _____________________ temperature is called heat.

• higher, lower

• cooler, warmer

• lower, higher

• medium, medium

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Imagine you're holding one end of a metal rod, and the other end is being heated. How is the heat traveling from the heated end to your hand?

• The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

• The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids

• The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another without the movement of matter

• The transfer of heat through a vacuum

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Which of the following is an example of convection?

• Heating a tin can of soup in a campfire

• Lying out in the sun to get warm

• Using a heating pad on a sore back

• Boiling water in a pot

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_________ is the transfer of thermal energy that causes a metal spoon in hot liquid to get hot.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Heat

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