PS.6.2.1 - Thermal Energy Test Review 2025

Evan's teacher asked him to draw a diagram to show how heat energy flows between the ice and the water. Which diagram should Evan draw?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The metal spoon feels hot when she stirs the pasta because:

• it conducts heat from the hot pasta.

• it is made of a special material.

• it is too long.

• it is too short.

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A student wants to demonstrate the transfer of thermal energy. If she puts her warm hand on a cold metal doorknob, how will thermal energy move?

• Cold will move from the doorknob to her hand.

• Heat will move from her hand to the doorknob.

• Heat will move from the doorknob to her hand.

• Cold will move from her hand to the doorknob.

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Rose makes a cup of hot tea. She places the cup of tea on the kitchen table and waits for it to cool off. When she picks up the cup a few minutes later, she notices the kitchen table is warm where the cup used to be. Which best explains the flow of energy between the cup and the table?

• A. Heat transferred from the cup to the table to warm the table.

• B. Cold transferred from the table to the cup to cool the tea.

• C. Heat transferred from the cup to the table, and cold was exchanged between both.

• D. Cold transferred from the table to the cup, and heat was exchanged between both.

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Ben is boiling water to make pasta. He leaves his metal stirring spoon in the boiling water for a few minutes. What will most likely happen to the temperature of the metal spoon?

• The temperature of the metal spoon will increase because cold energy from the spoon will transfer to the water.

• The temperature of the metal spoon will decrease because heat energy from the spoon will transfer to the water.

• The temperature of the metal spoon will increase because heat energy from the boiling water will transfer to the spoon.

• The temperature of the metal spoon will decrease because cold energy from the boiling water will transfer to the spoon.

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Which best describes how heat flows?

• A. Heat flows from a cold object to a hot object and can cause an object's temperature to change.

• B. Heat flows from a hot object to a cold object and can cause an object's temperature to change.

• C. Heat flows from a cold object to a hot object but will not cause an object's temperature to change.

• D. Heat flows from a hot object to a cold object but will not cause an object's temperature to change.

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Roseanne heated a solution in a beaker as part of a laboratory experiment on energy transfer. After a while, she noticed the liquid solution begin to circulate within the beaker. What process involving heat transfer did Roseanne observe inside the beaker?

• conduction

• convection

• transduction

• transformation

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Which statement best describes what will happen as the door opens between the two rooms?

• The temperature in both rooms will become equal over time.

• The temperature in each room will remain unchanged.

• The warmer room will cool down to 50°F.

• The colder room will warm up to 80°F.

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The diagram below shows two substances, A and B, which are at different temperatures. What will happen when substance A is dropped into substance B?

• Substance A will get even warmer as heat flows into it from substance B.

• Substance A and B will exchange heat, and they both will reach 50°C.

• Substance A and B will exchange heat, and they both will reach 25°C.

• Substance A and B will eventually reach the same temperature.

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If a person places one end of a solid metal bar into a fire, the end that is not in the fire also gets hot. Which of the following methods of energy transfer does this describe?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• induction