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Grade 6 Heat Transfer Test

Test Description: This game was created for students at TAS. The questions are adapted from a similar game on heat transfer also found on this site.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Conduction is the transfer of energy by

Athe difference of density Bmolecules bumping into each other CMrs. Anderson waving her baton Dthe traveling of waves

2) When molecules collide, the transfer of energy is called

Aradiation Bconvection Cinsulation Dconduction

3) What is it called when cold air falls down and warm air pushes up?

Aconduction Bconvection Cradiation Dinsulation

4) What is the process called when warm air in our atmosphere moves from one place to another?

Aconduction Bradiation Cinsulation Dconvection

5) Which process occurs because of a difference of density between hot air and cold air?

Aradiation Binsulation Cconvection Dconduction

6) What method of heat transfer doesn't need molecules. It can travel in waves through outer space?

Aconduction Bradiation Cinsulation Dconvection

7) What can you do to a your house so that you don't need to use as much air conditioning in the summer?

Aturn on all the lights Badd insulation Copen the curtains Dcover your house with black paint

8) Which is the best example of conduction?

AWater in a well-built thermos takes hours to cool. BYou take a sip of hot soup and burn your tongue. CYou get a sun burn from sitting in the sun all day. DYou swim in a lake and notice in some areas, the water is warm but in others it's cold.

9) Which is the best example of convection?

AYou get a sun burn from sitting in the sun all day. BWater in a well-built thermos takes hours to cool. CYou swim in a lake and notice in some areas, the water is warm but in others it's cold. DYou take a sip of hot soup and burn your tongue.

10) Which is the best example of radiation?

AYou take a sip of hot soup and burn your tongue. BYou get a sun burn from sitting in the sun all day. CYou swim in a lake and notice in some areas, the water is warm but in others it's cold. DWater in a well-built thermos takes hours to cool.

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