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WorksheetsEarth's Energy
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
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Class
Date
1.
What type of light can give you a sunburn?
a)
Ultraviolet light
b)
Infrared light
c)
Light waves
d)
Visible light
2.
1. What is the ability to do work?
a)
Energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Potential energy
d)
Energy forms
3.
What is the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of liquids and gases?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Energy
4.
What is the transfer of heat from one substance to another through direct contact?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Energy
5.
What is the transfer of heat through matter or space as waves?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Energy
6.
What is temperature?
a)
How hot something is
b)
How cold something is
c)
The average kinetic energy of the atoms in an object
7.
What are the three types of thermal energy?
a)
Convection, creation, radiation
b)
Convection, Radiation, Sun
c)
Radiation, Conduction, conductors
d)
Conduction, Convection, Radiation
8.
What is a conductor you might find in your kitchen?
a)
Wood cutting boards
b)
Rubber handles
c)
Metal spoons
d)
Wooden spoons
9.
The cooling wind blowing from land towards the sea is called a:
a)
Sea breeze
b)
Gentle breeze
c)
Evening breeze
d)
Land breeze
10.
What is the transfer of thermal energy by particle collision?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Light waves
d)
X-rays
11.
What distributes heat in Earth's atmosphere and water?
a)
Visible light
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
Convection Currents
12.
Because Earthś interior is warmer than its surface layers, hot materials move toward the surface in a process called
a)
energy balancing
b)
convection
c)
energy transfer
d)
rotation
13.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
14.
What is the definition of CONVECTION
a)
When heat transfers through waves.
b)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
c)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
d)
Heat traveling from the sun
15.
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Density
16.
Which of the following is an example of convection?
a)
A hair dryer is drying up your hair.
b)
When the AC or heater changes the temperature.
c)
When a car engine turns hot after being turned on.
d)
When you are making soup and the water is rising and lowering.
17.
What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convectio
d)
I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!
18.
When a pot is touching a stove that is on, what heat transfer is happening?
a)
I don't know??????
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Convection
19.
The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...
a)
convection
b)
radiation
c)
insulation
d)
conduction
20.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
21.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
22.
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.
23.
Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
24.
The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
25.
Ironing a shirt is an example of...
a)
condensation
b)
conduction
c)
convection
d)
radiation
26.
Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.
a)
more
b)
less
27.
Johnny accidentally grabbed the handle of the hot pot.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
28.
Transfer of thermal energy through "space"
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
29.
A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
30.
Transfer of thermal energy through "flow"
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
31.
Transfer of thermal energy through "touch"
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
32.
You get sunburned due to __________ from the sun.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
33.
The cause of weather systems on earth is
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
34.
Burning your tongue on a hot soup
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
35.
The movement of liquid in a lava lamp
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
36.
Water boiling in a pot
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
37.
Feeling the hot air when opening the oven
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
38.
Popcorn cooking in a microwave
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
39.
Turning on a ceiling fan to cool down a room
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
40.
Using a blow drier to dry your hair
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
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