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Heat

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What effect does heating a particle in one part of a substance have on the nearby particles?

a)

The heated particles transfer radiation to the nearby particles.

b)

The heated particles collide with nearby particles, causing them to vibrate more as well.

c)

The heated particles stay still

2.

Which of these is a measure of how hot or cold something is?

a)

temperature

b)

radiation

c)

insulation

d)

friction

3.

What is an insulator?

a)

a material that heat moves through easily

b)

a material that heat does not move through easily

c)

a material that turns cold when heated

d)

a tool for measuring temperature

4.

What is a conductor?

a)

a material that heat moves through easily

b)

a material that heat does not move through easily

c)

a material that turns cold when heated

d)

a tool for measuring temperature

5.
Heat transfers from ______ objects to cold objects. 
a)
Cold
b)
Hot
c)
Convection
d)
Radiation 
6.
Touching hot sand is.... 
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation 
7.
Rubber is considered an _____
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Radiation 
d)
None of the above
8.
Temperature is the measurement of the average ________ energy of the molecules in an object
a)
Kinetic 
b)
Heat
c)
Motion
d)
None of the above
9.
Energy that is transferred from hotter objects to cooler objects is... 
a)
Thermal/Heat
b)
Temperature
c)
Electricity
d)
Conduction 
10.
When you touch a cold window, how is energy being transferred?
a)
The window transfers heat to you 
b)
You transfer heat to the window
c)
The sun transfers heat to you
d)
None of the above
11.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
12.
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. 
13.

What do heated particles need to do to transfer energy by conduction to nearby particles?

a)

Vibrate

b)

Collides

14.

Which state of matter does conduction occur in most easily?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Vacuum

d)

Solid

15.

Why is conduction very slow in liquids?

a)

There are no particles in liquids, so there aren't any collisions.

b)

The particles are loosely packed, so they don't collide often.

c)

The particles are closely packed, so they collide often.

16.

Why does conduction rarely happen in gases?

a)

There are no particles in gases, so there aren't any collisions.

b)

The particles are closely packed, so they collide often.

c)

The particles are spread out, so the particles rarely collide.

17.

Why does not conduction occur in a vacuum?

a)

There are no particles in a vacuum.

b)

Energy can't be transferred through a vacuum.

18.

Which of the following substances are considered to be thermal insulators?

a)

gases

b)

liquids

c)

metal-solids

d)

non-metal solids

19.

Think about a pan of water sitting on an electric stove. The stove is then turned on to high.

What will happen to the movement of the particles in the pan?

a)

They will slow down

b)

They will stay the same speed

c)

They will stop moving

d)

They will speed up

20.

Freddie is drinking a cold glass of Kool-Aid in the sun on a hot day. He puts the glass down in the sun and the glass begins to warm.

What is happening to the small particles that make up Kool Aid? They. . .

a)

contract

b)

slow down

c)

move faster

d)

disappear