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Thermal Energy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of heat transfer is shown?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

stir frying

2.

Which type of heat transfer is shown?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

ironing

3.

What type of heat transfer is shown here?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

sun shining

4.

What type of heat transfer is shown here?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

boiling water

5.

After holding an ice pack against his skin for 20 minutes, the man notices the ice pack is melting. Why is this happening?

a)

radiation - the ice pack is now all melted

b)

conduction - body heat transferred to the cold ice pack

c)

convection - the water in the ice pack flowed in a circle pattern

d)

conduction - heat came from the bigger object to the smaller

6.
Which material is the best conductor of heat?
a)
glass
b)
styrofoam
c)
metal
d)
wood
7.
What materials would be good insulators for a handle on a pan or pot that would be used on the stove?
a)
wood or plastic
b)
metal or rubber
c)
wood or rubber
d)
copper or steel
8.
We measure ______ with Celsius or Fahrenheit degrees.
a)
Temperature
b)
Thermometer
c)
Barometer
9.
What is heat?
a)
a basketball team
b)
thermal energy
c)
electricity
d)
light energy
10.

Kinetic Energy is the energy of _________

a)

thermal

b)

movement

c)

potential

d)

atoms

11.

All matter is made up of atoms that are constantly moving

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Temperature is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

a)

average potential

b)

average kinetic

c)

total potential

d)

total kinetic

13.

Thermal energy is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

a)

total potential

b)

average potential

c)

average kinetic

d)

total kinetic

14.

Hot things have ____________ thermal energy than cold things

a)

more

b)

less

c)

same

d)

potato

15.

Potential energy is the _________

a)

energy of movement

b)

same as kinetic energy

c)

stored energy inside of something

d)

potato

16.

Temperature always measures the ___________ movement of molecules

a)

median

b)

mode

c)

total

d)

average

17.

As temperature increases, molecules _____________

a)

move slower

b)

move the same

c)

move faster

d)

stop moving

18.
Heat transfer in boiling water.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
19.
On a cold rainy day a baby is touching a cold window.  It feels so cold. Which way is the heat moving moving? 
a)
Cold is moving from the window to the hand.
b)
Heat is moving from the hand to the window.
c)
Heat doesn't move.
d)
It moves in currents
20.
Heat transfer in wind.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
21.
Radiation is heat transfer by-
a)
Touch
b)
Circles
c)
Waves
22.
When the 2nd story of a house is warmer than the 1st floor of a house is heat transfer through 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
thermal equilibrium
23.
The sun warming your skin is an example of heat transfer through 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
thermal electricity
24.
What is the freezing point on the celsius scale?
a)
0
b)
32
c)
100
d)
-100
25.
No more energy can be removed from matter at:
a)
its freezing point
b)
0°C
c)
absolute zero
d)
273 K