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WorksheetsQuiz Make-up Taking Earth's Temperature
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
You probably don't want to touch a metal handle on a pot cooking on the stove without a potholder to protect your hands from being burned due to -
convection
conduction
radiation
insulation
The equatorial regions of Earth are prevented from getting too hot because ____ of the ocean currents bring cold, salty water in from the poles.
conduction
radiation
conveyance
convection
Thermal energy always transfers from:
warmer to colder objects.
colder to warmer objects.
equally between warm and cold object.
insulators to conductors.
The average kinetic energy of the particles in an object or material is called -
temperature.
heat.
thermal energy.
heat transfer.
Some objects feel cold to the touch because -
conduction pulls the heat from your hand to the object.
conduction sends the coldness from the object to your hand.
insulators prevent the transfer of heat.
convection causes heat to transfer through the object.
Which process requires more thermal energy to make it happen?
freezing
condensation
evaporation
convection
Which of the following materials absorb energy more slowly?
paper
water
skin
copper
Which process is the reason why a thermometer should be placed in the shade for an accurate temperature measurement?
conduction
convection
radiation
insulation
Which state has the most thermal energy?
solid
radiation
gas
convection
Which of these two locations would have average total higher kinetic energy - Antarctica or Death Valley?
Anarctica
Death Valley
Neither, they are equal in kinetic energy
Antarctica has higher kinetic energy, but only in winter.
Condensation is -
the change from solid to liquid.
the change from liquid to solid.
the change from liquid to gas.
the change from gas to liquid.
Compared to water, sand changes temperature ___________ as energy is added or taken away.
faster
slower
equally
during the daytime only
What has to happen for freezing to occur?
thermal energy must be gained
thermal energy must be lost
the particles of a liquid speed up movement
the particles of a gas speed up movement
What is the definition of heat?
The loss of cold.
An increase in energy.
The transfer of energy.
A way to measure temperature
Water boils at which temperature?
100 degrees Fahrenheit
100 degrees Fahrenheit
0 degrees Celsius
100 degrees Celsius
In a gas the particles -
vibrate in place but hold their position
move wildly around
slide past each other
have the least energy
Which is an example of condensation?
liquid forming on a cold soda can on a hot day
steam from your shower in the air
a popsicle melting on a hot day
lava hardening into rock
What is the difference between kinetic and thermal energy?
Thermal energy is heat and kinetic energy is movement.
Kinetic energy is any movement and thermal energy is just the movement of the particles that make up something.
kinetic energy only occurs in conductors, thermal energy can occur in both.
The two words mean the same thing.
What is the relationship between heat and temperature?
Temperature is the measurement of the amount of thermal energy something has and heat is how that energy transfers.
Temperature is how thermal energy transfers, and we measure that with heat.
Both terms mean the same thing.
Heat is the increase in temperature.
