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Thermal energy , temperature and heat

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Thermal energy being transferred from a hot mug of cocoa to the table it is sitting on is an example of __________.

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

chemistry

2.

Which best describes heat transfer by radiation?

a)

A slice of bacon frying in a pan.

b)

A pot on a stove boiling water.

c)

Cooking a hotdog in a microwave.

d)

A hot air balloon.

3.

Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

4.

This is the transfer of thermal energy through "space".

a)

conduction

b)

radiation

c)

convection

d)

spaceship

5.

Which type of heat transfer is happening inside the hot air balloon?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

hot air balloon

6.

The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes

a)

thermal energy

b)

temperature

c)

heat transfer

d)

insulator

7.

Energy of motion

a)

kinetic energy

b)

energy

c)

matter

d)

system

8.

The thermal energy exchange between two objects of different temperatures; energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer sites to cooler sites until all sites have reached the same temperature

a)

heat transfer

b)

temperature

c)

conductor

d)

thermal energy

9.

The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles through empty space.

a)

radiation

b)

conduction

c)

convection

d)

thermal energy

10.

The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called

a)

heat

b)

temperatur

c)

motion

d)

momentum

11.

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called

a)

thermal energy

b)

conduction

c)

convection

d)

temperature

12.
Molecular motion _________ when temperature is increased.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
13.

The ability to do work or cause change is called———-

a)

Strength

b)

Energy

c)

Superpower

d)

Temperature

14.

Kinetic energy is the energy of————-

a)

Temperature

b)

Ocean

c)

Lotion

d)

Motion

15.

Heat always travels from...

a)

Warm to cool

b)

Cool to warm

c)

Warm to warm

d)

Cool to cool