Practice Quiz - Heat Transfer Waves & EM Spectrum

The tiny amount of expansion of a solid as it is heated is due to?

• Increased motion of the molecules

• Increased size of the molecules

• Increased numbers of molecules

• Increased mass of the molecules

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A Thermometer is used to measure...

• Temperature

• Mass

• Thermal energy

• Volume

The quantity of thermal energy in an object depends on which factor(s)?

• The temperature of the object

• The mass of the object

• The density of the object

• The volume of the object

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The temperature of an object depends on which factor(s)?

• The average kinetic energy of the particles

• The average mass of the particles

• The density of the object

• The mass of the object

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When a cube of hot metal is placed in a beaker of cold water, the temperature of the water will... (circle all that apply)

• increase until the cube and the water contain the same amount of thermal energy.

• increase until the cube and the water are in thermal equilibrium.

• increase until the cube and the water are at the same temperature.

• increase until the cube and the water have the same specific heat.

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The thermal energy from the sun transfers to the Earth by

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

The thermal energy from a campfire is transferred to a person standing a few feet away by

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

The thermal energy from a frying pan transfers to a pancake on the pan by

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

The thermal energy from the surface of the Earth is carried to the upper atmosphere through rising hot air by

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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When you walk on a hot road surface, thermal energy transfers to your feet by

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation