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Heat Transfer Study Guide

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the heat transfer: Getting sunburned on the beach

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

2.

Identify the heat transfer: Burning yourself with a curling iron

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

3.

Identify the heat transfer: Sliding down a hot metal slide in August

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

4.

Identify the heat transfer: An ocean breeze

a)

Radiation

b)

Convection

c)

Conduction

5.

Identify the heat transfer: Microwave cooking food

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

6.

Identify the heat transfer: Touching a hot car seat in the summer

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

7.

Identify the heat transfer: Water in a boiling pot of macaroni

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

8.

Identify the heat energy transfer: Currents deep within the Earth that cause tectonic plates to move

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

9.

Which statement is true about heat transfer?

a)

Heat can only transfer when touching another object

b)

Heat always travels up

c)

Heat transfers from cooler to warmer objects

d)

Heat transfers from hotter to cooler objects

10.

Which situation best represents conduction?

a)

Heat from a campfire

b)

A hot air balloon taking off

c)

Touching a hot piece of metal

d)

Getting sunburned

11.

Which situation best represents convection?

a)

Heat from a campfire

b)

A hot air balloon taking off

c)

Touching a hot piece of metal

d)

Getting sunburned

12.

Sound and lights are both found as...

a)

Electromagnetic energy

b)

Waves

c)

Ultraviolet light

d)

Radiation

13.

Sound and light have a variety of...

a)

Electromagnetic energy

b)

Waves

c)

Radiation

d)

Wavelength

14.

The sun, a source of light waves specifically, releases a type of...

a)

Ultraviolet light

b)

Electromagnetic energy

c)

Radiation

d)

Wavelength

15.

The sun emits invisible...

a)

Radiation

b)

Waves

c)

electromagnetic energy

d)

Ultraviolet light

16.

Ultraviolet lights give off different levels of...

a)

Ultraviolet light

b)

Radiation

c)

Wavelength

d)

Electromagnetic energy

17.

Find the matching word to the definition: The transfer of thermal energy

a)

Heat insulator

b)

Tempature

c)

Heat

d)

Conduction

18.

Find the matching word to the definition: An indication (measurement) of the average amount of kinetic energy in a location

a)

Tempature

b)

Thermometer

c)

Convection

d)

Heat conductors

19.

Find the matching word to the definition: A material that reduces the rate of heat transfer

a)

Heat conductor

b)

Radiation

c)

Heat insulator

d)

Metal

20.

Find the matching word to the definition: A material that increases the rate of heat transfer

a)

Radiation

b)

Heat conductors

c)

Heat

d)

Tempature

21.

Find the matching word to the definition: The way thermal energy transfers from 1 substance to another by direct contact

a)

Radiation

b)

Convection

c)

Heat

d)

Conduction

22.

Find the matching word to the definition: Transfer of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves (visible & infrared light)

a)

Energy transfer

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Radiation

23.

Find the matching word to the definition: When fluids (gases or liquids) sink or rise because cooler fluid is denser and sinks pushing warmer fluid and it rises

a)

Radiation

b)

Heat conductors

c)

Water

d)

Convection