8th Grade--Heat And Thermal Energy 2 Question Preview (ID: 24720)


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The direction in which heat transfer occurs
a) cold to hot
b) hot to cold
c) north to south
d) east to west

This process causes heated air to move from a baseboard heater to the rest of a room
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Plasmation

This process causes heat to be transferred from one particle of matter to another without the movement of matter itself
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Plasmation

Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves through space
a) Convection
b) Conduction
c) Radiation
d) Plasmation

there is no longer an exchange of heat because the temperatures of the substances that are touching are in this
a) thermal equilibrium
b) thermal energy
c) specific heat
d) heat energy

This is a class of material that conducts heat poorly
a) thermal conductor
b) thermal plasmator
c) thermal insulator
d) thermal enginator

Instrument used to measure the changes in thermal energy
a) thermometer
b) calorimeter
c) plasma probe
d) kelvinator

The sand heats up of faster than water because it has this
a) higher specific heat
b) lower specific heat
c) no thermal energy
d) thermal equilibrium

Process by which the sun transfers heat to the Earth
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Plasmation

On this scale water boils at 212˚
a) Celsius
b) Kelvin
c) Fahrenheit
d) Bose Einstein

Joints in train tracks are designed to allow for this to happen in hot weather
a) thermal expansion
b) contraction
c) thermal equilibrium
d) thermal energy

Trapped air is considered a poor conductor because it reduces this
a) Thermal energy
b) Heat
c) Heat Transfer
d) Thermal equilibrium

This happens when most substances are cooled
a) expansion
b) contraction
c) melting
d) increased kinetic energy

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