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Thermal Energy Test Part 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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 from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
2.

What type of heat transfer takes place when you touch a warm mug of hot chocolate?

a)

Radiation

b)

Convection

c)

Conduction

d)

None of the above

3.

Heat transfer always moves ...

a)

cold to hot

b)

east to west

c)

hot to cold

d)

north to south

4.
The earth receives heat energy from the sun by _______________, which is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves?
a)
radiation
b)
convection
c)
conduction
d)
greenhouse effect
5.

Feeling heat from a campfire

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

6.

Boiling water moving in a circular motion

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

7.

Energy that is transferred through a fluid where hot rises and cold sinks

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

8.

What is another name for thermal energy?

a)

electrical energy

b)

heat energy

c)

cellular energy

d)

energy bar

9.

Which of the following answer choices IS NOT an example of conduction?

a)

Touching a metal spoon in a cup of hot liquid

b)

Holding a chocolate bar in your hand then it starts to melt

c)

•Hot air rising in the atmosphere, cold sinking

d)

Putting a heating pad on your back

10.

Which of the following describes the transfer of thermal energy that occurs as a piece of ice in her hand?

a)

Thermal energy is transferred from her hand to the ice cube.

b)

Thermal energy is transferred from the ice cube to her hand.

c)

Thermal energy is transferred back and forth from her hand to the ice cube

d)

Thermal energy does not transfer between to objects at different temperatures.

11.

Which type of thermal energy transfer is represented in the picture?

a)

radiation

b)

temperature

c)

conduction

d)

convection

12.

Energy transmitted in waves or a stream of particles or travels through open space is called_____.

a)

direction convection

b)

conduction

c)

convection

d)

radiation

13.

Which of the following is NOT an example of radiation?

a)

Warm and cold air circulating in the living room

b)

Laying out in the sun on the beach

c)

Feeling the warmth from a fireplace in the winter

d)

Microwaving food for lunch at work

14.

The average energy of motion of an object’s particles.

a)

Heat

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Temperature

d)

Radiation

15.

Walking barefoot on the sidewalk

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation