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Heat and Energy

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the transfer of heat by movement of liquids or gases?
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
2.
What is a transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves?
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Heat
3.
What is the transfer of heat by direct contact?
a)
Convection
b)
Electromagnetic waves
c)
Radiation
d)
Conduction
4.
What is the measurement of the average kinetic energy of a substance?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Temperature
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Potential energy
5.
What is a substance that does NOT conduct heat well?
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Convector
d)
Radiator
6.
What is a substance that DOES conduct heat well?
a)
Conductor
b)
Insulator
c)
Convector
d)
Radiator
7.
What is the energy of the movement of particles in a substance?
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Thermal energy
d)
Temperature
8.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks. This is...
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
9.
Heat transfers from an area of ________temperature to an area of ______ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
10.
If an object has particles that are moving very quickly, the object 's temperature is probably _____.
a)
cold
b)
slow
c)
big
d)
hot
11.
When the temperature of matter decreases the particles ...
a)
speed up and move farther apart
b)
speed up and move closer together
c)
slow down and move farther apart
d)
slow down and move closer together
12.
You're holding hands with your best friend.  Your friend's hands are REALLY warm and yours are really cold.  After a few minutes, this has changed.  How might you explain what happened?
a)
The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through conduction.
b)
The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through conduction. 
c)
The cold energy from your hand transferred to your friend's hand through convection.
d)
The heat energy from your friend's hand transferred to your hand through convection.
13.

What is Energy?

a)

The ability to do anything

b)

The ability to cause change or do work

c)

The investigation of nature

d)

A fact of life

14.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

An apple in a tree

b)

A bouncy ball on the table

c)

A car driving on the highway

d)

A stretched out rubber band

16.

What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?

a)

Electrical energy is released as radiant energy

b)

Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy

c)

Mechanical energy is stored as chemical energy

d)

No transformation occurs

17.

When a bicycle skids to a stop, its kinetic energy is transformed into mostly:

a)

heat and sound

b)

potential energy

c)

sound energy

d)

heat and light

18.

Fireworks are an example of the following energy types

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

sound

d)

all of the above

19.

The energy we receive from the sun is in the form of:

a)

electrical and sound energy

b)

heat and nuclear energy

c)

electrical and light energy

d)

heat and light energy

20.

Identify the energy transformation

a)

Chemical to mechanical

b)

Solar to electrical

c)

Electrical to mechanical

d)

potential to kinetic

21.

Installing insulation...

a)

keeps your house warm in the winter and cool in the summer

b)

only keeps your house warm in the winter

c)

only keeps your house cool in the summer

d)

keeps your house cool in the winter and warm in the summer

22.

What is an insulator?

a)

Something that keeps objects warm

b)

Something that stores thermal energy

c)

Something that slows the transfer of thermal energy

d)

Something that allows the transfer of thermal energy

23.

Which of the following would reduce the dissipation of energy from a house to the surroundings?

a)

insulation

b)

large walls

c)

thin walls

d)

metal walls