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Heating and Cooling

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Heat?

a)

How hot something is, measured by a thermometer in oC

b)

The amount of thermal energy in an object, measured in Joules

c)

A magazine about celebrities

2.

Temperature is measured in what?

a)

Degrees Celsius (oC)

b)

Joules (J)

c)

Watts (W)

d)

Farads (F)

3.

If heat is transferred by conduction, the two bodies must...

(select 2)

a)

be near each other

b)

touching

c)

the same temperature

d)

different temperatures

4.

Heat is transferred around a liquid by...

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

5.

Convection CANNOT happen in....

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Gases

d)

Plasmas

6.

For convection to occur, what must the particles be able to do?

a)

Move freely

b)

Communicate

c)

Stay in one place

d)

Evaporate

7.

Conduction works due to...

a)

Particles vibrating into one another

b)

Particles moving freely over one another

c)

Infrared Radiation being absorbed

d)

Infrared Radiation being absorbed

8.

Radiation is unlike Conduction and Convection because

a)

It can travel through a vacuum

b)

There is no vibration

c)

Particles dont move

d)

None of the above

9.

An ice cube placed on a piece of metal will melt faster or slower than an ice cube placed on a piece of plastic?

a)

Faster

b)

Slower

10.

In convection, hot air _____ and cool air ________

a)

Rises, Sinks

b)

Sinks, Rises

c)

Sinks, Sinks

d)

Rises, Rises

11.

Hot air has a ______ _______ than cold air

a)

Higher Density

b)

Lower Density

c)

Higher Mass

d)

Lower Mass

12.

Infrared Radiation forms part of which spectrum?

(a)  

13.

The best emitters of IR radiation are... (pick 2)

a)

Matt

b)

Black

c)

Shiny

d)

White

14.

The best absorbers of IR Radiation are... (pick two)

a)

Matt

b)

Black

c)

Shiny

d)

White

15.

The best Reflectors of IR radiation are... (pick 2)

a)

Matt

b)

Black

c)

Shiny

d)

White

16.

The best retainers of IR radiation are... (pick 2)

a)

Matt

b)

Black

c)

Shiny

d)

White

17.

The best thing to wear in to stay cool in direct sunlight is

a)
b)
18.

The best thing to wear in to stay cool in the shade is

a)
b)
19.

The equation for energy and specific heat capacity (SHC) is


Energy = Mass x SHC x Temp. Change


How much energy is required to increase 2kg of water by 7 degrees?


(SHC = 4200 J/kgoC)

a)

58,800 J

b)

58.8 J

c)

300J

d)

3J