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Thermal Energy Understood

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A cook will use an oven mitt to pick up a hot pan because cloth is a(n) ________ and keeps the heat from their hand.

a)

Conductor

b)

Insulator

c)

Light Transfer

d)

Heat transfer

2.

Match the following vocabulary terms to the definition

a)

Thermal Energy

1.

Heat

b)

Conductor

2.

Allows thermal energy to pass through (GO)

c)

Insulator

3.

DOES NOT allow thermal energy to pass (STOP)

3.

Which of the boxes shows the correct direction of heat transfer? Choose all that apply.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

The thermal energy transfer being shown in this image is...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

5.

The thermal energy transfer being shown in this image is...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

6.

The thermal energy transfer being shown in this image is...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

7.

This type of thermal energy transfer can take place in fluids (liquids & gases). Rising of warmer fluid and sinking of cooler fluid forms a current.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

8.

This type of thermal energy transfer can take place in solids, liquids, & gases when two objects are touching.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

9.

Specific Heat

a)

Materials that do not conduct heat well.

b)

A material that conducts heat well,

c)

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

d)

The expansion of matter when it is heated.

10.

Convection

a)

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

b)

A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

c)

A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

d)

The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

11.

Convection Current

a)

A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

b)

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

c)

A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

d)

The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

12.

Radiation

a)

A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

b)

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

c)

A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

d)

The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

13.

Heat

a)

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

b)

Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object.

c)

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

d)

The heating of a substance that causes its particles to move more quickly.

14.

Temperature

a)

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

b)

Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object.

c)

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

d)

The heating of a substance that causes its particles to move more quickly.

15.

Thermal Energy

a)

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

b)

Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object.

c)

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

d)

The heating of a substance that causes its particles to move more quickly.

16.

Conductor

a)

Materials that do not conduct heat well.

b)

A material that conducts heat well,

c)

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

d)

The expansion of matter when it is heated.

17.

Insulators

a)

Materials that do not conduct heat well.

b)

A material that conducts heat well,

c)

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

d)

The expansion of matter when it is heated.

18.

As temperature increases, molecules _____________

a)

move slower

b)

move the same

c)

move faster

d)

stop moving

19.

Energy is the ability to do __________

a)

bonds

b)

work

c)

atoms

d)

molecules

20.

Potential energy is the _________

a)

energy of movement

b)

same as kinetic energy

c)

stored energy inside of something

d)

potato

21.

Cold things often have a _________ kinetic energy because_______

a)

lower; particles are moving around less

b)

lower; particles are moving around more

c)

higher; particles are moving around the same

d)

higher; particles do not move

22.

Hot things have ____________ thermal energy than cold things

a)

more

b)

less

c)

same

d)

potato

23.

All matter is made up of atoms that are constantly moving

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Kinetic Energy is the energy of _________

a)

thermal

b)

movement

c)

potential

d)

atoms