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Y9 Heating and Cooling

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Emily made a cup of tea and stirred it with a spoon. The spoon became warm, How was the heat from the tea transferred to the spoon?
a)
Convection
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Evaporation
2.
The best example of heat transfer by convection is when
a)
Sunlight warms soil
b)
A ceiling fan blows air
c)
Flames heat up a pan
d)
Heat rises in a chimney
3.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
4.
Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer; the warm air rises because of
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
5.

The (a)   variable is the one that you change

6.

The dependent variable is the one that you (a)  

7.

The (a)   variable is the one that you keep the same

8.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
d)
It can travel high to low and low to high. 
9.
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.
10.

Which of the following describes correctly the particles of solid?

a)
b)
c)
d)

None of the above

11.

The faster the particles of a substance move, the ____the substance is

a)

Colder

b)

Hotter

c)

Solid

d)

Cooler

12.

Heat is a form of

a)

Substance

b)

Energy

c)

Strength

d)

Efficiency

13.

What happens to particles when they are heated?

a)

They speed up and spread out

b)

They slow down and compress

c)

They stop moving

d)

They move closer together

14.

If you leave a cup of hot tea in the kitchen for a whole day what will happen to its temperature?

a)

It will stay the same

b)

It will get only a little bit cooler

c)

It will be the same temperature as the air in the kitchen

d)

It will be colder than the air in the kitchen

15.

Match these heat transfers

a)
1.

Conduction

b)
2.

Convection

c)
3.

Radiation

16.

Select all that apply: Which of these are examples of conduction?

a)
b)

warming a spoon makes it easier to dip

c)

steak on a hot pan

d)

sunlight feels warm

17.

Match these

a)

Heat transfers through waves/rays

1.

Radiation

b)

Liquid (or air) heats up, speeds up and spreads out, becoming less dense. As it rises, it cools, slows, and comes back together. This increases density, making it sink again.

2.

Convection

c)

Heat transfers from objects that are touching.

3.

Conduction