Unit 5 Thermal Energy Quiz

What is heat?

• A type of energy

• A way of measuring the amount of thermal energy in an object

• The transfer of thermal energy

• The transfer of electrical enery

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Which of the following is important to generating heat?

• Friction

• Chemical reactions

• Sunlight

• All of the following

When you rub your hands together, you generate heat. How is the heat generated?

• Friction (from rubbing hands) transforms mechanical energy into thermal energy

• Rubbing generates electric energy, which transforms into thermal energy

• Rubbing causes potential energy to transform into kinetic energy

• Chemical reactions to take place in your hands, which produce thermal energy

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Thermal energy always transfers from:

• A cold to a hot object

• A cold to a cool object

• A hot to a cold object

• A hot to a hotter object

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Heating through direct contact is called:

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Which of the following is NOT a good insulator?

• Plastic

• Rubber

• Metal

• Styofoam

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What do you call the transfer of heat from one place to another by movement of a fluid?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

What do you call the transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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Which of the following is a measurement of how much thermal energy an object has?

• Mass

• Volume

• Temperature

• Density

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Temperature is really a measure of:

• How fast the atoms of an object vibrate

• The size of atoms

• The amount of chemical energy stored in the bonds between atoms of an object

• The potential energy stored in the bonds between atoms of an object

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