Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer Quiz

Which of the following best describes CONDUCTION?

• When heat is transferred through waves of heat across a distance.
• When heat is transferred through circulation of liquid or gases
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.

__________ is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

The kind of heat transfer that travels through space in electromagnetic waves is called

• convection
• conduction
• radiation
• insulation

How does heat move?

• from a warmer to a cooler object
• from a cooler to a warmer object
• toward a hot object
• away from a cold object

How is energy from the Sun transferred?

• by radiation
• by conduction
• by convection
• by the force of gravity

When you heat up an object, the particles in the object move _________.

• faster
• the same speed
• slower

Two fluids, one warm and one cold, mix. The warm fluid rises and the cool fluid sinks. This is an example of:

• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection
• I don't know??????

A material that stops the transfer of heat is called a(n)

• insulator
• conductor
• radiometer
• transfer

A material that allows heat transfer by the heat passing through it is called a(n)

• insulator
• radiometer
• transport
• conductor

What is true of two objects when heat is passed between them?

• They are both hot.
• They are both large.
• They are at different temperatures.
• They have a lot of energy.