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Thermal Expansion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gaps are left in railway tracks to compensate thermal expansion during which season?

a)

Winter

b)

Rainy season

c)

Wind

d)

Hot season

2.

What is used as thermostat in electrical heating devices?

a)

Bimetallic strips

b)

Metallic strips

c)

tri-metallic strips

3.

In solids the molecules are closely packed and held together firmly. What can you conclude from the above statement?

a)

Solid expands more than liquids on heating.

b)

Solid expands the most on heating.

c)

Solid expands very little on heating.

4.

The expansion produced in matter due to absorption of heat is known as (a)   .

5.
Thermal energy stops moving when the objects have the same temperature.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Thermal energy always moves from ____________ objects to ______________ objects.
a)
cooler, warmer
b)
warmer, cooler
c)
faster, slower
d)
slower, faster
7.

What is Thermal expansion?

a)

The transfer of thermal energy between materials by the collisions of particles

b)

Is a decrease in a materials size when temperature decreases

c)

An increase in a materials size when temperature increases

d)

Chicken fried rice

8.
A bimetallic strip is made up of _____________________ welded together.
a)
two metals of the same kind 
b)
two different metals that expand and contract unequally
c)
two different metals that expand and contract equally
9.

What is increasing in solid during thermal expansion

a)

volume

b)

area

c)

length

d)

all of the above

10.

Which of the images best describe thermal expansion of solid?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.
The liquid in a thermometer ______________ as the temperature increases.
a)
expands
b)
disappears
c)
freezes
d)
explodes
12.

What is increasing in solid during thermal expansion

a)

volume

b)

area

c)

length

d)

all of the above

13.

Objects gain heat and _________.

a)

expand

b)

contract

14.

Where are the applications of thermal expansion seen?

a)
b)
c)

Both a & b

d)
15.

Does concrete roads require thermal expansion?

a)
b)