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Heat Transfers Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
d)
It can travel high to low and low to high. 
2.

Which shows an example of convection?

a)

Jose cooks an egg in a pot of boiling water.

b)

Clara burns her hand by touching a light bulb.

c)

Lucy wraps herself in an electric blanket to keep warm.

d)

Ben holds the end of a metal rod in a fire to cook hot dogs.

3.

Which is an example of radiated heat for cooking?

a)

cooking a pot of soup

b)

scrambling eggs on the stove

c)

grilling hot dogs over a campfire

d)

frying hamburgers in a frying pan

4.

Which is the best example of conduction?

a)

boiling a pot of water

b)

feeling heat from a fireplace

c)

a hot air balloon rising and falling

d)

touching a hot handle and getting burned

5.

Sarah is stirring her hot chocolate with a metal spoon, and she notices that the spoon is getting hot. This is most likely caused by which type of heat?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

6.

Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?

a)

from the cup to her hand

b)

from her hand to the cup

c)

no heat is transferred

d)

Heat does not move

7.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)

When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.

b)

a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

c)

When heat transfers through matter by direct contact of its particles

d)

When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

8.
What is the definition of CONVECTION
a)

When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

b)

When heat transfers from objects that are touching.

c)

a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

9.
What is the definition of RADIATION
a)
 hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
b)

transfer of thermal energy by waves that can travel through empty space.

c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
10.
The warm air from this heater creates a current when the warm air rises and the cold air sinks.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
11.
The candle will slowly heat the metal and transfer the heat directly to the mans hand.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
12.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
13.

What is the movement of thermal energy called?

a)

temperature

b)

radiation

c)

heat

d)

conduction

14.
What is a insulator?
a)
a material that slows the transfer of heat
b)
a material that transfers heat easily
c)
a material that is fluffy
d)
a material that is temperature controlled
15.
What is a conductor?
a)
a material that slows the transfer of heat
b)
a material that transfers heat easily
c)
a material that is fluffy
d)
a material that is temperature controlled
16.
What is the BEST example of a conductor? 
a)
A wooden block
b)
A ceramic mug
c)
A glass cup
d)
A metal bowl
17.
A jacket is a good example of an . . .
a)
Insulator
b)
Investigator
c)
Conductor
d)
Interrogator
18.
Heat always travels from ______________ to ____________ objects.
a)
hot to cold
b)
cold to hot
c)
cold to cold
d)
hot to hot
19.

Thermal Energy depends upon the energy of the particles as well as the number of particles.

Which would have more thermal energy, a small cube of Ice at zero Celsius or a large cube of ice at zero Celsius?

a)

The large ice cube because it has more particles than the small ice cube

b)

The small cube of ice because it will melt faster than the large ice cube

c)

Neither, they are cold so they do not have thermal energy

d)

both have the same thermal energy because they are both at zero Celsius.

20.

The movement of thermal energy from a hotter object to a colder one is called

a)

Motion

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Temperature

d)

Heat

21.

If you brought sample A and B close together , in what direction would heat be transferred?

a)

From sample A to sample B

b)

From sample B to sample A

c)

Heat would not be transferred.

d)

sample A and sample B would both transfer heat to each other.

22.

Temperature is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

a)

average potential

b)

average kinetic

c)

total potential

d)

total kinetic

23.

Thermal energy is the __________ _________ energy of moving particles

a)

total potential

b)

average potential

c)

average kinetic

d)

total kinetic

24.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation 
25.
The chart below shows objects that conduct heat and objects that insulate heat. Which answer choice best completes the chart? 
a)
Glass block 
b)
gold ring
c)
plastic spoon
d)
none of the above