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Energy transfer

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Ceiling fan forcing the warm air downward.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

2.

Chocolate candy melting in your hand.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

3.

Feeling the heat from a stove burner without touching it

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

4.

Energy that is transferred in waves or particles

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

5.

Boiling water moving in a circular motion

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

6.

What is another name for thermal energy?

a)

thermal equilibrium

b)

heat transfer

c)

heat energy

7.
What is the transfer of heat by movement of liquids or gases?
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
8.
What are waves that can transfer heat through the vacuum of empty space?
a)
Electromagnetic waves
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
9.
What is a substance that does NOT conduct heat well?
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Convector
d)
Radiator
10.
What happens to particles as they heat up?
a)
They slow down
b)
Nothing
c)
They don't move
d)
They speed up
11.
Which is more dense?
a)
Hot Liquid
b)
Cold Liquid
12.
This is an example of-
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
13.
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
14.

What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convectio

d)

I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!

15.
Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
16.
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 
17.
The candle will slowly heat the metal and transfer the heat directly to the mans hand.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
18.
Heat transfer in boiling water.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
19.
Heat transfer in wind.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
20.
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. 
21.
When ice melts to water, it is called a ______ of state
a)
change
b)
calorie
c)
joules
22.
An ______ is a material that is a poor conductor of heat.
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
23.
Heated air moves from baseboard heaters to the rest of a room in a process called: 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
insulation
24.
A material that does NOT conduct heat well is called a(n):
a)
insulator
b)
conductor
c)
metal
d)
radiator
25.
A lizard basking (receiving heat from the light) in the sun is an example of: 
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
26.
Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from over the ocean rushes in due to
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
27.
Transfer of thermal energy through "touch" within an object or when 2+ objects are in direct contact
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation