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Thermal Energy

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Heat transfer in boiling water.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
2.
Heat transfer in wind.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
3.
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. 
4.
Heat transfer always goes from-
a)
Cold to Hot
b)
Hot to Cold
c)
Heat doesn't transfer
d)
Freezing to Cold
5.
Conduction is heat transfer by -
a)
Touch
b)
Circles
c)
Waves
6.
what is radiation?
a)
direct touch
b)
air or liquids
c)
heat waves/ light waves
d)
touching the cookies out of the oven
7.

If you burn your hand on the handle of a hot pot, heat was transferred to your skin by

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

equilibrium

8.

What type of energy transfer occurs when hot water flows through cool water?

a)

insulation

b)

radiation

c)

conduction

d)

convection

9.

The transfer of energy by waves or particles is called

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

10.

What type of heat transfer is occurring in the picture below? (the pan is touching the burner)

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

11.

A material that reduces the flow of heat is a(n)

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

c)

metal

d)

radiator

12.

All of the following are good conductors of heat EXCEPT

a)

Copper

b)

Iron

c)

Plastic

d)

Aluminum

13.

What is the term that refers to a material being a poor conductor of heat?

a)

Insulator

b)

conductor

c)

Convector

d)

Radiator

14.

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 1 pointing to?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Insulation

15.

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 2 pointing to?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Insulation

16.

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 3 pointing to?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Insulation

17.
The movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another is _____________.
a)
Convection current
b)
Seismic waves
c)
Sea-floor spreading
d)
Conduction current
18.
In convection, WARM air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
19.
In convection, COOL air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
20.
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 
21.
Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer.  The warm air rises because of
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
22.
The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called
a)
conduction current
b)
radiation
c)
condition current
d)
convection current
23.
Which portion of the electromagnetic spectrum includes the range of light that can be detected by the human eye? 
a)
ultraviolet light
b)
visible light
c)
infrared light
d)
x-rays

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