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WorksheetsEnergy Vocab Practice Quiz 8-14
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is energy that comes from the sun? Circle the best choice.
Thermal conduction
Solar energy
Reflection
Radiation
What is the process of transferring thermal energy through matter by the transfer of kinetic energy between atoms, molecules, and electrons? Circle the best choice.
Radiation
Transmission
Thermal conduction
Convection
In engineering design, what is a minimum requirement for how the design must function? Circle the best choice.
Criterion
Constraint
Absorption
Reflection
What is an object that supports the transfer of thermal energy or electrical energy? Circle the best choice.
Insulator
Conductor
Reflection
Absorption
What is the emission of radiant energy? Circle the best choice.
Reflection
Absorption
Transmission
Radiation
What is a material that is used to slow down or prevent the flow of thermal energy or electrical energy through it? Circle the best choice.
Conductor
Reflection
Insulation
Transmission
In engineering design, what is something that limits the solution to a problem?
Criterion
Constraint
Transmission
Radiation
What is a substance, such as a liquid or gas, that can flow?
Fluid
Absorb
Solar energy
Criteria
What is any material that is resistant to the flow of thermal energy or electrical energy?
Conductor
Fluid
Absorption
Insulator
What is to take in or to soak up?
Reflection
Radiation
Absorb
Convection
What is a property of waves wherein the wave bounces off an object?
Reflection
Absorption
Transmission
Radiation
What is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluids of different temperatures?
Absorption
Convection
Insulator
Conductor
In engineering design, what are the goals and the desired features of the solution called?
Transmission
Radiation
Criteria
Conductor
What is the act of energy passing through a medium or vacuum?
Radiation
Reflection
Absorption
Transmission
What is the process of energy or matter entering a material but not exiting the material?
Radiation
Reflection
Absorption
Transmission
