Physical Science Study Sheet

Unit 6

Name:___________________________________________                                                              Date:_________

1.       The glass walls of a thermos bottle are covered with a shiny metallic coating. What type of transfer of thermal energy does the coating reduce?

a.       Radiation            b. Conduction                   c. Convection                    d. Induction

2.       Albert stirs a mug of hot chocolate with a metal spoon. What type of transfer is responsible for the spoon getting hot?

a.       Conduction        b. Convection                    c. Thermoelectric            d. Radiation

3.       Energy from the sun reaches earth mainly by the process of

a.       Conduction        b. Convection                    c. Reflection                      d. Radiation

4.       What is one difference between conduction and convection? _________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

5.       Heat ALWAYS travels from ___________________ to _________________.

6.       Heat is also known as __________________ energy.

7.       Can heat travel from a snowflake to your tongue? ______________

8.       Can heat travel from your hand to an ice-cube? __________________

9.       What is an example of a time when heat goes from a hot object to a less hot object? ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

10.   The transfer of heat by the movement of air currents in Earth’s atmosphere is an example of:

a.       Conduction                        b. Convection                    c. Radiation                        d. Fusion

11.   The faster the particles of an object are moving, the _________________ the temperature of the object.

12.   The temperature of an object increases/decreases when its particles slow down.

13.   If two objects come in contact with each other and one is warmer than the other, what happens?

a.       Both objects get colder

b.      Both objects get warmer

c.       Energy is transferred from the colder object to the warmer object

d.      Energy is transferred from the warmer object to the colder object

14.   If two objects have the same temperature but the larger one has more moving particles than the smaller one, what do we know about the thermal energy of the two objects?

a.       The larger object has more thermal energy                         c. They have the same thermal energy

b.      The smaller object has more thermal energy                     d. None of the above