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heat transfer and reading data year 9

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Heat transfer through space is called (a)  

2.

Heat transfer through fluids (liquids, gasses) is called...

(a)  

3.

Heat transfer through solids, liquids or gasses is called...

(a)  

4.

A conductor is

a)

Good at transferring heat

b)

Bad at transferring heat

5.

An insulator is...

a)

Good at transferring heat

b)

Bad at transferring heat

6.

Which is the best insulator?

a)

wool

b)

foam

c)

paper

7.

Which is the best conductor?

a)

wool

b)

foam

c)

paper

8.

An independent variable is...

a)

Something you measure in the experiment

b)

Something that changes in the experiment

9.

Which is the independent variable in this experiment?

a)

time

b)

type of material

c)

temperature

d)

temperature change over time

10.

Which is the dependent variable in this experiment?

a)

time

b)

type of material

c)

temperature

d)

temperature change over time

11.

Which heat transfer method is represented here?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

12.

Which heat transfer method is represented here?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

13.

Which heat transfer method is represented here?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

14.

Radiation travels through

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gasses

d)

none of these

15.

Conduction occurs in...

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gasses

d)

none of these

16.

Convection occurs in...

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gasses

d)

none of these

17.

Heat travels from

a)

hot to cold

b)

cold to hot

c)

it does not travel

18.

Is gas a good conductor?

a)

yes, it is a good conductor

b)

no, it is a poor conductor

c)

gas is not a conductor

19.

A graph needs...

a)

Title

b)

Axis title

c)

Straight line

d)

Points

e)

Scale

20.

The energy of movement is called

a)

conduction

b)

kinetic energy

c)

energy transfer

d)

convection

e)

Insulator

21.

Law of conservation of energy

a)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed and transferred

b)

Energy can be created, destroyed, and transformed

c)

Energy can be created, not destroyed, transformed, but not transferred

d)

Energy cannot be created, it can be destroyed, and transferred

22.

A control in an experiment is...

a)

something that changes in the experiment

b)

something that transforms in the experiment

c)

something that you keep the same in the experiment

d)

something that you can compare your results to; a baseline trial with no "treatment"

23.

Students did an experiment to find out whether wool, foil, or foam is a better insulator. They also ran a trial using only air. The air trial is the...

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Independent variable

c)

Controlled variable

24.

Heat is a type of energy

a)

True

b)

False