Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which is a form of energy that can move from a hot place to a cooler place,
or the transfer of energy from one body to another?
a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheit
c. Freezing point
d. Heat

Grade 8Heat Transfer

If Mr. Lovering burns his hand grabbing a hot cup of coffee, what type of
thermal energy transfer has taken place?
a. Radiation
b. Convection
c. Conduction
d. Equilibrium

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Choose the following materials that would make good conductors.
a. Copper
b. Glass
c. Plastic
d. Sweatshirt
e. Gold
f. Wood
g. Rubber
h. Aluminum

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The faster the particles of a gas are moving, the
a. lower their energy and the higher their temperature.
b. greater their energy and the lower their temperature.
c. lower their energy and the lower their temperature.
d. greater their energy and the higher their temperature.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

As water begins to boil in a kettle, the hotter water at the bottom of the
kettle closest to the stove begins to rise and the cooler water above sinks
and warms. This is an example of .
a. conduction
b. radiation
c. convection
d. heat
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Thermal energy always moves
a. from a higher temperature to a lower temperature.
b. from a lower temperature to a higher temperature.
c. from inside to outside.
d. from outside to inside.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Bacon cooking in the frying pan is a form of .
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation

Grade 8Heat Transfer

A temperature scale with the melting point of ice at 0 degrees and the
boiling point of water at 100 degrees is known as
a. Celsius.
b. Characteristic property.
c. Chemical reaction.
d. Condensation.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Thermal Energy ALWAYS moves from COLD to HOT.
a. True
b. False

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which type of heat transfer is happening when the Sun warms your face?
a. convection
b. conduction
c. radiation

Grade 8Heat Transfer

A wet shirt is put on a clothesline to dry on a sunny day. The shirt dries
because water molecules
a. gain heat energy and condense.
b. gain heat energy and evaporate.
c. lose heat energy and condense.
d. lose heat energy and evaporate.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

When energy is added to a liquid without changing its phase, the particles
will
 a. move faster.
b. be arranged more disorderly.
c. move away from their fixed positions.
d. move further apart.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The room becomes warm when the furnace is turned on due to .
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Convection causes the breeze that you feel on the beach.
a. True
b. False

Grade 8Heat Transfer

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance is
its .
a. temperature
b. pressure
c. force
d. volume

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Emilie holds the end of a metal rod in the flame of a Bunsen burner. After a
couple of minutes the rod becomes too hot for Emilie to hold.

Which of the following caused the heating of the rod?

a. radiation
b. induction
c. convection
d. conduction
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Which of the following temperatures is the same as absolute zero?
a. 0 degrees Celsius
b. -273.15 degrees Fahrenheit
c. 0 Kelvin
d. 0 degrees Fahrenheit

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of a substance one
degree per unit of mass is called its .
a. density
b. entropy
c. temperature
d. specific heat

Grade 8Heat Transfer

A temperature scale with the melting point of ice at 32 degrees and the
boiling point of water at 212 degrees is known as
a. Celsius.
b. Fahrenheit.
c. Kelvin.
d. Boiling point.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The Sun transfers thermal energy to Earth by .
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation
d. none of the above

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The process of burning fuel is called .
a. thermal expansion
b. radiation
c. boiling
d. combustion

Grade 8Heat Transfer

What is molecular movement measured in degrees?
 a. pH
b. salinity
c. turbidity
d. temperature

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which of the following best explains why the end of a spoon sticking out of a
cup of hot water also gets hot like the end in the hot water?
a. The hot water causes a chemical reaction to take place in the spoon.
b. The heat from the hot water is conducted to the spoon handle.
c. The hot water heats the air surrounding the upper part of the spoon.
d. The hot water causes a physical change in the spoon handle.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Raising the temperature of 1 g of water by 1 degree Celsius
requires .
a. 1 calorie
b. 1 Calorie
c. 1 joule
d. 1 watt

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Diffusion in gases occurs quickly because
a. the particles are very small.
b. the particles move around very fast.
c. gases are very compressible.
d. the particles are in fixed positions.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The formula for Charles' Law is V1T2=V2V1V1T2=V2V1.
a. True
b. False

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which object would appear cooler in a room with a temperature of 72
degrees F?
a. plastic square
b. metal square
c. they both appear to have the same temperature

Grade 8Heat Transfer

What material is a thermal insulator?
a. Metal on a zipper
b. Seat cushion
c. Jacket
d. Concrete

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Liquid water does not change in temperature very easily because it has a
high specific heat.
a. True
b. False

Grade 8Heat Transfer

If you place a paper cup filled with water over an open flame, the cup will
burn up.
a. True
b. False

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Metal bridges are built with expansion joints because in the summer
a. the hot metal evaporates.
b. metal contracts in the Sun.
c. the metal in the bridge may increase in size.
d. some metal can reach melting point.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Thermal energy always flows from high temperature
to low temperature.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of a substance one
degree per unit of mass is called its specific heat .

Grade 8Heat Transfer

What is convection?
a. Transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid
b. Transfer of heat from one particle to another without the movement of
matter
c. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
d. A conductor
e. An insulator

Grade 8Heat Transfer

What is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance
that is touching called?
 a. radiation
b. convection
c. conduction
d. troposphere

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which of the following energy transfers would be correct?
a. Thermal energy from a hot drink is transferred to cold hands.
b. Thermal energy from the refrigerator is transferred to a hot pie in the
refrigerator.
c. An ice cube loses thermal energy to a hot cup of tea as it melts.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which of the following is not a form of heat transfer?
a. conduction
b. convection
c. transpiration
d. radiation

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Name the three ways that thermal energy is transferred.

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Which transfers thermal energy better?
a. A conductor
b. An insulator

Grade 8Heat Transfer

Name the three ways that thermal energy is transferred.
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