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WorksheetsHeat Transfer
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the transfer of heat by movement of liquids or gases?
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
2.
What are waves that can transfer heat through the vacuum of empty space?
a)
Electromagnetic waves
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
3.
What is a transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves?
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
4.
What is the transfer of heat by direct contact?
a)
Convection
b)
Electromagnetic waves
c)
Radiation
d)
Conduction
5.
What is the measurement of the average kinetic energy of a substance?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Temperature
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Potential energy
6.
What is a substance that does NOT conduct heat well?
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Convector
d)
Radiator
7.
What is a substance that DOES conduct heat well?
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Convector
d)
Radiator
8.
What is the total amount of kinetic energy in a substance?
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Temperature
9.
What is the transfer of kinetic energy from one substance to another?
a)
Heat
b)
Energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Temperature
10.
What is the energy of the movement of particles in a substance?
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Temperature
11.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks. This is...
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
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
13.
If an object has particles that are moving very quickly, the object 's temperature is probably _____.
a)
cold
b)
slow
c)
big
d)
hot
14.
You're holding hands with your best friend. Your friend's hands are REALLY warm and yours are really cold. After a few minutes, this has changed. How might you explain what happened?
a)
The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through conduction.
b)
The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through conduction.
c)
The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through convection.
d)
The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through convection.
15.
On a hot summer day, a student dropped an ice cube onto a park bench. Within minutes, the ice cube melted. Which method of heat transfer best describes the process the student observed?
a)
radiation
b)
melting
c)
conduction
d)
convection
16.
Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon; the spoon gets hot due to
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
17.
Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer; the warm air rises because of
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
18.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
19.
The way the heat is moving from the hot coffee is called...
a)
convection
b)
radiation
c)
insulation
d)
conduction
20.
A toaster toasting bread is an example of
a)
condensation
b)
conductio
c)
convection
d)
radiation
21.
In how many ways does heat move around the universe?
a)
One
b)
Three
c)
Two
d)
Ten
22.
A microwave oven uses which of the following to heat foods.
a)
Microwave elves
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Conduction
23.
Molecules in cold things move more _________
than in hot things.
than in hot things.
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
c)
happily
d)
merrily
24.
In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.
a)
Hotter to colder
b)
Colder to hotter
c)
Hotter to hotter
d)
Colder to colder
25.
Which statement is true?
a)
The quicker a molecule moves, the colder it is.
b)
The slower a molecule moves, the warmer it is.
c)
The quicker a molecule moves, the warmer it is
d)
The movement on molecule don�t affect its temperature
26.
Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
27.
You get sunburned due to __________ from the sun.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
28.
A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
29.
Johnny accidentally grabbed the handle of the hot pot.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
30.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
31.
You buy a lava lamp from the store. As the lamp heats up, blobs of liquid rise to the top then sink back down to the bottom. This process continues because of _?_.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
32.
What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?
a)
Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.
b)
No energy is transferred.
c)
Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.
33.
In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _?_ substance to the _?_ substance.
a)
hotter to colder
b)
colder to hotter
c)
hotter to hotter
d)
colder to colder
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