Thermal Energy Transfers

Select all the factors which will not affect how thermal energy will transferred

• Thickness of an object

• Reflectivity of an object

• Texture of an object

• Exposed surface area

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which will heat up slower?

• water

• lead

• granite

• iron

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What would be the effect on the particles if more heat is supplied to the system?

• They would slow down

• They would stop moving

• They would speed up

• There would be no effect

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

The arrows inside the pot show ​ (a)  

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

A chair is place several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has glass screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of ________.

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

If a substance has many particles and we want to increase the kinetic energy of it, then what will it need more of from the surroundings?

• Mass

• Volume

• Energy

• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is thermal conductivity?

• The rate at which particles move in a substance

• The ability of a substance to have a large thermal energy

• A factor that determines the amount of thermal energy of a substance

• The rate at which a substance transfers heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

If a substance needed a lot of energy to raise the temperature by 1 degree Celsius, its specific heat is

• Non-existant

• Low

• Undeterminable

• High

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which will heat up faster?

• copper

• granite

• iron

• basalt

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4