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Unit 6- Heat Sources

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Helen takes some bread out of the oven. What reasoning tells why she uses oven mitts?

a)

Her hands will look better

b)

Her hands are cold

c)

She wants to keep clean

d)

She wants to protect her hands from the heat

2.

A mover pushes a box up a ramp.


Which produces the most heat?

a)

box moving against the ramp

b)

ramp sitting against the ramp

c)

wind pushing against the box

d)

movers hands on the box

3.

At a party, there are ice cream, balloons, and a cake with lit candles. Which most likely has the highest temperature?

a)

balloon

b)

bowl

c)

candle

d)

ice cream

4.

Mali sets a bowl of hot soup on a table. Which statement best describes what happens when she puts the spoon in the soup?

a)

The air's temperature will decrease

b)

The soup's temperature will increase

c)

The bowl's temperature will increase

d)

The spoon's temperature will increase

5.

How do gloves protect people's hands from friction?

a)

They prevent blisters

b)

The keep hands clean

c)

They keep germs off

d)

They prevent scratches

6.

Juan has a beaker filled with ice and water. How will heat move to melt the ice?

a)

From the ice into the water

b)

From the water into the ice

c)

From the water into the air

d)

From the beaker into the air

7.

At a party, there are ice cream, balloons, and a cake with candles. Which direction has the greatest heat movement?

a)

air to ice cream

b)

cake to candles

c)

balloon to air

d)

ice cream to air

8.

Julie has a glass filled with ice and water. How could she make the ice melt more quickly?

a)

add more ice

b)

put a book under the glass

c)

put the glass under a lamp

d)

put the glass in a closet

9.

Khalil's family is cooking lunch on an outdoor grill. Which things are giving off heat?

a)

the coals and the air

b)

the food and the flames

c)

the grill and the food

d)

the coals and the flames

10.

Which action creates the most friction and heat?

a)

gently brushing face paint onto your cheeks

b)

rubbing your bare hands together numerous times

c)

rubbing your soapy hands together underwater

d)

smoothing hand lotion onto the palms of your hands

11.

Mitch read that rubbing skin on skin creates more friction than rubbing skin on paper. How could he best test this?

a)

He could rub his hands on a doorknob, then on paper

b)

He could rub his hands together, then on a piece of paper on a table

c)

He could put paper between his hands and rub them

d)

He could rub his hands together inside the building, then outside.

12.

Liang turns on her desk lamp and gets a cup of water. She sits at her desk to do homework. Which direction does heat flow to make Liang's book feel warm after a few minutes?

a)

from the book to the cup

b)

from the desk to the book

c)

from the lamp to the book

d)

from the book to the lamp

13.

Judy puts a slice of hot pizza on her plate. When she picks up the plate, it feels warm. In which direction does heat flow to make the plate feel warm?

a)

from the pizza to the plate

b)

from her hand to the plate

c)

from the plate to the pizza

d)

from her hand to the pizza

14.

Jason is watching a film about rescuers holding on to a rope and climbing down it. One person slides down the last 2 m of the rope. Where does the most heat occur through rubbing?

a)

feet and air

b)

feet and ground

c)

air and rope

d)

hands and rope

15.

Jamal is toasting marshmallows on a stick over a campfire. In what direction does heat flow to toast his marshmallows?

a)

from the air to the fire

b)

from the fire to the marshmallows

c)

from the marshmallows to the logs

d)

from the stick to the marshmallows

16.

Yori's energy bar has a hard yogurt coating. She doesn't think that the coating will melt because the day is cold. After eating half the bar, she sees that the coating is melting. In what direction does heat move to melt the bar?

a)

from the bar to the air

b)

from the air to her hand

c)

from her hand to the bar

d)

from the bar to her hand

17.

Chet is camping. Which of his camping items can produce heat?

a)

backpack

b)

flashlight

c)

sunglasses

d)

toothbrush

18.

On a cold day, Avery makes hot cocoa. She pours the cocoa into a cup and adds small marshmallows. In which direction does heat mostly flow?

a)

from the air to the cup

b)

from the cocoa to the air

c)

from the air to the marshmallow

d)

from the marshmallow to the cocoa

19.

Kendall is grocery shopping with her dad. She gets a bag of frozen broccoli and places it in the grocery cart. Her hands are now very cold, and her dad tells her to rub her hands together. What is the reasoning that explains his claim?

a)

her hands will create electrical energy

b)

her hands will trap heat from the air in the store

c)

her hands will create friction, which will create heat

d)

her hands will reduce the friction she created with the bag

20.

Playground slides and water slides can be different sizes and shapes. Look at the picture.


The following statements describe how friction affects the speed of someone coming down the slides. Which statement is correct?

a)

The water on slide D decreases friction, making this slide the fastest.

b)

The bumps on slide A do not slow the slider down, so this slide is the slowest.

c)

Slides C and D have the same speed because wet people create the same friction.

d)

Slide B is the slowest slide because it is dry and has more friction than slide C and D.