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Thermal Energy and Energy Resources Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called
a)
heat.
b)
temperature.
c)
motion.
2.

A material that conducts heat poorly is called a(n)

a)

insulator.

b)

conductor.

c)

metal.

3.
A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
temperature
4.

The more particles an object has at a given temperature, the more Thermal Energy it has!

a)

True

b)

False.

5.

Joints in train tracks, bridges and roads are designed with extra space to allow for __________________ in hot weather.

a)

Conduction

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Thermal Expansion

6.
The SI unit of heat is the ____________________.
a)
Kelvin
b)
Celcius
c)
Joule
7.
Energy from the sun is transferred to Earth by the process of ____________________.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
8.

When heat is transferred through the touching of two objects.

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

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
10.
High temperature is connected to:
a)
Low kinetic energy.
b)
High kinetic energy.
c)
Equal kinetic energies.
11.

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

Insolation

12.

Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

13.

What would happen to the particles of an object, if that object was heated up?

a)

They would stop moving

b)

They would speed up

c)

There would be no effect

14.
The speed of the molecules determines the _____.
a)
density
b)
pressure
c)
temperature
15.

What are the 3 temperature scales?

a)

Kelvin, Pascal, Newton

b)

Celsius, Fahrenheit, Newton

c)

Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Celsius

16.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
17.
Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
18.
Oil is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
19.
Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
20.
Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
21.
Wind is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
22.
Biomass
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
23.
Nuclear
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
24.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuel
d)
Forever Fuel
25.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Forever Fuels

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