WorksheetsThermal energy
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
To measure the temperature difference between two cups of water, you would use a _____.
a)
measuring cup
b)
ruler
c)
thermometer
d)
balance scale
2.
When holding a cup of ice water, your warm hand becomes cold. How does the heat transfer?
a)
From the cold cup to your hand
b)
From the cold cup to the warm air
c)
From the ice to your hand
d)
From your warm hand to the cold cup.
3.
Why do you want to live in a home with good insulation during the cold winter months?
a)
The insulation will keep you cool during winter.
b)
If there is good insulation, the thermal energy will not be able to move easily from inside the warm home to the cool areas outside the building.
c)
If there is not good insulation, the air inside the home will become too hot.
d)
A house with good insulation will keep the warm air in the attic.
4.
Conductors are materials that...
a)
Allow heat to pass through
b)
Stop heat from passing through
c)
Allow cold to pass through
d)
Stop cold from passing through
5.
What is one type of good conductor that we learned about in class?
a)
Most plastics
b)
Most fruits
c)
Most wood products
d)
Most metals
6.
Heat can be transferred from one material to another?
a)
False
b)
True
7.
Heat will always flow from
a)
from warmer object to a cooler object
b)
inside and object to outside an object
c)
from a cooler object to a warmer object
d)
up to down
8.
Which one is a heat conductor?
a)
wood
b)
iron
c)
plastic spoon
d)
paper
9.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
d)
It can travel high to low and low to high.
10.
11. Pans A & B shown above have been on a hot stove for 10 minutes. Pan A has a metal handle and pan B has a plastic-coated handle. Which handle would be hotter?___________ Why?_________________
a)
Pan A because the metal is a conductor of heat.
b)
Pan B because there is an insulator on the pan.
c)
Pan A because there metal is an insulator.
d)
Pan B because the metal conducts heat.
11.
Which is NOT an insulator ?
a)
Wool
b)
Plastic
c)
Copper
d)
Glass
12.
Is wood a heat conductor or heat insulator?
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
13.
What is NOT an example of an insulator in the kitchen?
a)
An oven mitt
b)
Pots and pans
c)
A wooden spoon
d)
A plastic measuring cup
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