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Heat Vocabulary

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere

a)

heat

b)

greenhouse gases

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

convection

2.

Gases in the atmosphere that trap energy

a)

greenhouse gases

b)

natural gases

c)

organic gases

d)

radiation

3.

How hot or cold something is

a)

heat

b)

temperature

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

convection

4.

A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance

a)

temperature

b)

heat

c)

conduction

d)

convection

5.

The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance

a)

Heat

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

d)

Temperature

6.

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object

a)

radiation

b)

heat

c)

temperature

d)

thermal energy

7.

The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

a)

heat

b)

convection

c)

conduction

d)

radiation

8.

The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another

a)

heat

b)

temperature

c)

conduction

d)

convection

9.

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid

a)

heat

b)

conduction

c)

convection

d)

radiation

10.

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from part of a fluid to another

a)

heat

b)

convection current

c)

radiation

d)

thermal energy transfer

11.

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

a)

heat

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

thermal energy

d)

radiation