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Heat and Heat Transfer Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 50mins

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 transfer of kinetic energy from one substance to another?
a)
Heat
b)
Energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Temperature
9.
What is the energy of the movement of particles in a substance?
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Temperature
10.

What heat transfer method is this an example of?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

11.

What method of heat transfer is this an example of?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

12.

What method of heat transfer is this an example of?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

13.

Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer; the warm air rises because of __________.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

14.

Carole owns a two story house with a heating and cooling unit on each floor. In the winter she mostly uses the downstairs unit to heat the house because the volume of warm air __________ and __________, warming the whole house through __________.

a)

expands and rises, convection

b)

expands and sinks, conduction

c)

contracts and rises, conversion

d)

contracts and sinks, conduction

15.

In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.

a)

warmer, cooler

b)

cooler, warmer

16.

If two objects have different temperatures, heat will flow from the warmer object to the cooler one UNTIL ____________.

a)

one reaches a temperature of zero

b)

they both have an equal temperature

c)

one runs out of energy

17.

Which of the following is the best example of radiation?

a)

The ocean breeze

b)

The sun heating your body on the beach

c)

Eating ice cream

d)

A wave knocking over a sandcastle

18.

As water in a freezer turns into ice, ___________.

a)

the water absorbs energy from the air in the freezer.

b)

the water absorbs the coldness from the air in the freezer.

c)

the freezer air absorbs heat from the water.

d)

the water neither absorbs nor releases energy

19.

If you put a metal spoon and a wooden spoon into a pot of boiling water, one will become too hot to touch. Why?

a)

Metals conduct heat better than wood.

b)

Wood conducts heat better than metals.

c)

Metals pull in heat because heat is attracted to metals.

d)

Wood isn’t as strong as metals.

20.
At higher temperatures
a)
particles in an object have less energy
b)
particles in an object move faster
c)
a gas contracts
21.
A gas
a)
has a definite shape but no definite volume
b)
has a definite volume but no definite shape
c)
has fast-moving particles
22.

Freezing

a)

Solid to gas

b)

Liquid to solid

c)

Gas to solid

23.

Boiling

a)

liquid to gas

b)

gas to solid

c)

gas to liquid

24.
Which state of matter has a definite shape?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
25.

What is happening when my ice cream changes from a solid to a liquid?

a)

freezing

b)

melting

c)

burning

26.

The state of matter that has no definite size or shape is

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

27.

Particles in a ______________________ move quickly and are far apart.

a)

gas

b)

solid

c)

liquid

28.

Particles of a liquid

a)

are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.

b)

are free to move around one another but still touch.

29.

What is condensation?

a)

gas to solid

b)

gas to liquid

c)

liquid to solid

30.

The slower the particles in a substance move,

a)

the colder it is.

b)

the warmer it is.

c)

the more energy it has.

31.
The temperature of a substance increases as___.
a)
the substance expands
b)
the average kinetic energy of its particles increases
c)
the substance's volume increases
d)
the substance's mass increases
32.

Definite shape and definite volume

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

33.

Has a definite volume but not a definite shape

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

34.

Are the particles moving faster or slower as time goes on? (Diagram F)

a)

Faster

b)

Slower

35.

Is the substance gaining or losing energy? (Diagram D)

a)

Gaining

b)

Losing

36.

What will occur when the substance transitions from B to A? (Diagram A)

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

melting

d)

freezing

37.
What happens when thermal energy is taken away from particles?
a)
They move faster and farther apart
b)
They move slower and closer together
38.
During a phase change, the temperature
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
fluctuates
d)
stays the same
39.

**An ice cube feels cold when we hold it. Which of the following best explains why?

a)

Heat moves from our hands into the ice cube.

b)

Cold moves from our hands into the ice cube.

c)

Heat moves from the ice cube into our hands.

d)

Cold moves from the ice cube into our hands.