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PASS Review - Heat

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A heater is placed in a room as shown. Which method is being used to transfer heat around the room?

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Insulation

2.

A student conducts an experiment to compare how well different materials transfer heat. He places ice cubes of equal size in four different containers. Then he measures how long it takes for each ice cube to melt completely. The results are shown to the left. Which material is the best insulator of heat?

a)

Drinking glass

b)

Metal can

c)

Foam cup

d)

Plastic cup

3.
What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?
a)
Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.
b)
No energy is transferred.
c)
Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.
d)
The water warms up due to the humidity
4.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
5.

If you have two pieces of metal (see illustration) in a very well insulated container, what temperature will both pieces of metal equal to if given enough time?

a)

90

b)

50

c)

45

6.
How do particles (atoms) move when heated?
a)
Slow down
b)
Vibrate faster
c)
No change
d)
Move in circles
7.
Touching a hot stove is an example of what kind of heat transfer?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
8.

A scientist places balls of wax at the ends of four rods made of different materials. She then places the rods, with the waxed ends up, in a beaker of hot water and measures how long it takes for the wax to melt completely on each rod. Her results are in the table. Which is the best conclusion?

a)

Stainless steel is the best insulator

b)

Copper is the best conductor

c)

Glass insulates better than wood

d)

Stainless steel insulates better than glass

9.
How does the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere affect the atmosphere's temperature?
a)
If greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increase, they trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.
b)
If greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increase, they trap less heat and the atmosphere cools.
c)
If greenhouse gases in the atmosphere decrease, they trap more heat and warm the atmosphere. 
10.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
a)
The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
b)
A form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space.
c)
Wavelengths that are longer than red light.
d)
Invisible form of energy with Wavelengths that are shorter than. violent light
11.
What form of electromagnetic waves are felt as heat? 
a)
ultraviolet radiation
b)
visible light
c)
greenhouse radiation
d)
infrared radiation
12.

When warm air rises and cools high in the atmosphere and then sinks to the earth this creates _________ currents

a)

convection

b)

surface

c)

deep

d)

precipitaiton

13.
What is the original source of most of the energy that people use?
a)
Energy that reaches Earth by radiation from the sun.
b)
Energy that reaches the earth by convection from the sun.
c)
Energy that reaches the earth by radiation from the core.
d)
Energy that reaches the earth by conduction from the core.
14.

What causes warm air to rise?

a)

the fact that it's less dense than cold air

b)

The fact that it weighs more than cold air

c)

The fact that it has higher pressure than cold

d)

the fact that its more dense than cold air

15.
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas? 
a)
Oxygen
b)
 Carbon Dioxide
c)
propane
16.

Which of these is an example of convection?

a)

You live in a two story home and the second story is always the warmest

b)

You go snowboarding and you get a really bad sunburn

c)

You go outside and feel the heat of the Sun on your face

d)

You place your hand on a hot stove burner

17.

When humans produce more greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels than are produced by natural processes, what can happen to the Earth's temperature?

a)

It can decrease

b)

Burning fossil fuels does not increase greenhouse gases

c)

It will stay the same

d)

It can increase

18.

Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

a)

Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

b)

Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

c)

Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

d)

Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

19.

Which of the following natural events is NOT a source of carbon dioxide?

a)

Wildfire

b)

Decomposing plants and animals

c)

Volcanic eruption

d)

Earthquake

20.

At what point in human history did global carbon dioxide levels start to rise?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Industrial Revolution

d)

The invention of the car

21.

What form of heat transfer heats most of the Troposphere?

a)

conduction

b)

thermal genesis

c)

convection

d)

radiation

22.

Metals are examples of good

a)

times

b)

conductors

c)

insulators

d)

convectors