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Year 3 Heat Quiz

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Heat is a form of _______________.  
a)
movement
b)
energy
c)
melting
2.
Heat makes things _______________________
a)
colder
b)
warmer
c)
faster
3.
What will happen to ice if you leave it out in the room?
a)
it will melt
b)
it will stay the same
c)
it will freeze
4.
Something will melt faster in the _______________.
a)
shade
b)
freezer
c)
sun
5.
Does this give off heat? 
a)
yes 
b)
no
6.
Does this give off heat?
a)
yes
b)
no
7.
Does this give off heat?
a)
yes
b)
no
8.
Does this give off heat? 
a)
yes 
b)
no
9.
Does this give off heat? 
a)
yes 
b)
no
10.
Does this give off heat? 
a)
yes
b)
no 
11.

Which is NOT a way that heat can be produced?

a)

electricity

b)

rubbing your hands together

c)

fire

d)

rain

12.

What is the earth's main source of heat?

a)

the moon

b)

the sun

c)

the ocean

d)

forests

13.

What is a conductor?

a)

a material that heat moves through easily

b)

a material that heat does not move through easily

c)

a material that turns cold when heated

d)

a tool for measuring temperature

14.

What is an insulator?

a)

a material that heat moves through easily

b)

a material that heat does not move through easily

c)

a material that turns cold when heated

d)

a tool for measuring temperature

15.

Which of these is a better conductor?

a)
b)
16.

Which of these is a better insulator?

a)
b)
17.

Which of these is a measure of how hot or cold something is?

a)

temperature

b)

radiation

c)

insulation

d)

friction

18.

The tool used to measure temperature is called a/an

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

thermometer

d)

radiation

19.

Object that gives off heat is called _______________ of heat.

a)

sources

b)

places

c)

things

20.

Unit of measurement for temperature.

a)

millilitres

b)

kilometres

c)

kilograms

d)

degree Celcius

21.

_____________ heat is needed if we want to increase the temperature.

a)

more

b)

less

c)

little

22.

Things get colder = ____________ heat

a)

loses

b)

gains

23.

Heat always travels from _______________________________.

a)

a colder place to a hotter place until both places reach the same temperature.

b)

a hotter place to a colder place until both places reach the same temperature.

24.

Metals are ____________ conductor of heat.

a)

best

b)

good

c)

better

25.

Plastic is a _____________ conductor of heat.

a)

poor

b)

bad

26.

Why do metal pans often have wooden handles?

a)

Metal heats slower than wood

b)

wood does not conduct heat as well as metal

c)

metal gets heavier as it is heated

d)

wood burns to make heat and metal does not

27.

Steve rubs his hands together to warm them on a cold day. Which is he using to warm his hands?

a)

conduction

b)

magnetism

c)

gravity

d)

friction

28.

If you roast a marshmallow over a fire using a metal rod, it might burn your hand because _____.

a)

the metal conducts heat well

b)

the metal radiates heat.

c)

the metal makes heat when held tightly

d)

the metal makes electricity when heated.

29.

Which of these is the best heat conductor?

a)

metal pan

b)

rubber glove

c)

cloth pot holder

d)

a block of wood

30.

Which is NOT a way heat is produced?

a)

friction

b)

temperature

c)

mixing chemicals

d)

burning

31.

A puddle on a sidewalk would MOST LIKELY feel warm because...

a)

burning fuel warmed the puddle

b)

energy from the sun warmed the puddle

c)

friction from the rainwater warmed the puddle

d)

heat moved from the puddle to the sidewalk

32.

Which statement describes how thermal energy moves?

a)

It flows from warmer objects to colder objects

b)

It flows in all directions

c)

It flows from colder objects to warmer objects

d)

It flows from colder objects to an insulator

33.

Which tool is the most useful for finding the temperature at which water freezes?

a)

a graduated cylinder

b)

a ruler

c)

a balance

d)

a thermometer

34.

A _ is an object that allows heat to move through easily.

a)

insulator

b)

convection

c)

conductor

d)

friction

35.

A student is cooking some bacon in a pan. What transfer of heat is occurring?

a)

friction

b)

insulation

c)

temperature

d)

conduction

36.

When the particles of an object move faster, what happens to the temperature?

a)

The temperature goes up.

b)

The temperature stays the same.

c)

The temperature goes down.

d)

The temperature cannon be taken.

37.

A wooden, plastic, and metal spoon are placed in hot water. Which spoon would get hot the fastest?

a)

wooden

b)

plastic

c)

metal

d)

none

38.
Heat moves by ______ when it travels through waves.
a)
radiation
b)
conduction
c)
insulator
d)
convection
39.
Heat moves by ______ when it travels from one solid to another solid.
a)
radiation
b)
convection
c)
thermal energy
d)
conduction
40.
The way heat moves in liquids and gases is called _______.
a)
convection
b)
radiation
c)
conduction
d)
temperature
41.
Which material would NOT make a good baking pan (for high temperatures in the oven)?
a)
aluminum
b)
plastic
c)
steel
d)
glass
42.

A force that occurs when one object rubs against another object.

a)

insulator

b)

radiation

c)

solar energy

d)

friction

43.

The movement of energy by waves.

a)

thermometer

b)

radiation

c)

solar energy

d)

temperature