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Heat and Temperature

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is heat?

a)

a form of light

b)

a form of energy

c)

a measure of how old or cold something is

2.

What is temperature?

a)

a form of heat

b)

a form of energy

c)

a measure of how old or cold something is

d)

something to measure how hot or cold an object is

3.

What happens when something gains heat?

a)

it becomes hotter

b)

it becomes colder

4.

What happens during heat gain?

a)

the object will expand

b)

the object will contract

5.

What happens during heat loss?

a)

the object will expand

b)

the object will contract

6.

What happens when something loses heat?

a)

it becomes hotter

b)

it becomes colder

7.

Which of the following shows heat gain?

a)

water turning into ice

b)

shivering in a cold room

c)

ice cream melting under the sun

d)

hot bowl of soup became room temperature

8.

Which of the following shows heat loss?

a)

boiling water

b)

eggs cooking on a pan

c)

ice cream melting under the sun

d)

hot bowl of soup becoming room temperature

9.

Which container has hot water in it?

a)

Container A

b)

Container B

10.

Which container has more heat?

a)

Container G

b)

Container H

11.

Which container will cool down to room temperature faster?

a)

Container G

b)

Container H

12.

A cold spoon is placed inside a cup of hot lemon tea.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

Heat flows from the spoon to the tea

b)

Heat flows from the tea to the spoon

c)

Temperature flows from the spoon to the tea

d)

Temperature flows from the tea to the spoon

13.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

The faster the particles move, the lower the temperature.

b)

The faster the particles move, the higher the temperature.

c)

The slower the particles move, the higher the temperature.

14.

This is an instrument that measures temperature

a)

Thermometer

b)

Heat

c)

Temperature

15.

Read the temperature on this thermometer.

a)

43°C

b)

46°C

c)

52°C

d)

54°C

16.

Read the temperature on this thermometer.

a)

32°C

b)

35°C

c)

39°C

d)

41°C

17.

Heat and temperature are the same. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The water in Mario’s swimming pool absorbs energy as heat during the day. Which of the following would the water in the pool be most likely to do?

a)

condense

b)

evaporate

c)

freeze

d)

melt

19.
The faster molecules move, 
a)
the higher the temperature
b)
the less temperature
c)
the same temperature
d)
I don't know
20.
There are four cups of hot cocoa. The cup sizes are shown. The temperature of the cocoa in each cup is 25 degrees celsius. Which cup has the MOST thermal energy?
a)
Large cup (Trenta)
b)
Small cup (Tall)
c)
Venti
d)
All three are the same temperature so they have same thermal energy
21.

Heat transfer is really neat. It always moves from..

a)

hot to cold

b)

cold to hot

c)

big to little

d)

stop singing

22.
A measure of the average amount of kinetic energy of the particles in the object.
a)
energy
b)
expansion
c)
temperature
d)
heat
23.
The transfer of thermal energy between objects of different temperatures is called...
a)
temperature
b)
heat 
c)
none of these