Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer

The total kinetic energy of the tiny particles that make up matter.

• Thermal Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

• Heat

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What type of heat transfer takes place when you touch a warm mug of hot chocolate?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• None of the above

Energy transferred between two objects with varying temperatures, always transferring from warmest to coldest until the two objects have equal temperatures.

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Temperature

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The handle of a metal spoon warms up when it is placed in a hot bowl of soup because of ________.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

You get sunburned due to __________ from the sun.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

The earth receives heat energy from the sun by _______________, which is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves?

• radiation
• convection
• conduction
• greenhouse effect

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The heat from a lamp allows a lizard to remain warm. This is an example of which type of heat transfer?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

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In what state of matter is kinetic energy the highest most likely?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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what is conduction?

• direct touch
• air or liquids
• heat waves/ light waves
• drinking hot coffee

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The type of heat transfer that creates currents in water is called ________.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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