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Heat Transfer Quiz

Quiz by Kiana Wight

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  • Q1
    1. You take a cold can of soda off of a countertop. The countertop underneath the can feels colder than the rest of the counter. Which of the following explains this occurrence?
    b. There is no heat energy left in the counter beneath the can.
    a. The cold has been transferred from the soda to the counter.
    d. The heat beneath the can moves away into other parts of the countertop.
    c. Some heat has been transferred from the counter to the soda.
    30s
  • Q2
    2. After cooking an egg in boiling water, you cool the egg by putting it into a bowl of cold water. Which of the following explains the egg’s cooling process?
    b. Cold moves from the water into the egg.
    a. Temperature is transferred from the egg to the water.
    c. Energy is transferred from the water to the egg.
    d. Energy is transferred from the egg to the water.
    30s
  • Q3
    3. Why do we wear sweaters in cold weather?
    b. To generate heat.
    a. To keep cold out.
    c. To reduce heat loss.
    d. All of the above.
    30s
  • Q4
    4. Amy wraps her dolls in blankets but can’t understand why they don’t warm up. Why don’t they warm up?
    a. The blankets she uses are probably poor insulators.
    c. The dolls are made of materials which don’t hold heat well.
    d. None of the above.
    b. The blankets she uses are probably poor conductors.
    30s
  • Q5
    5. As water in a freezer turns into ice,
    d. the water neither absorbs nor releases energy
    a. the water absorbs energy from the air in the freezer.
    b. the water absorbs the coldness from the air in the freezer.
    c. the freezer air absorbs heat from the water.
    30s
  • Q6
    6. On a warm sunny day, you will feel cooler wearing light colored clothes because they
    b. prevent sweating.
    c. are not as heavy as dark clothes.
    d. let more air in.
    a. reflect more radiated heat energy.
    30s
  • Q7
    7. If you put a metal spoon and a wooden spoon into a pot of boiling water, one will become too hot to touch. Why?
    b. Wood conducts heat better than metals.
    d. Wood isn’t as strong as metals.
    c. Metals pull in heat because heat is attracted to metals.
    a. Metals conduct heat better than wood.
    30s
  • Q8
    8. On a hot day, the upstairs rooms in a house are usually hotter than the downstairs rooms. Why?
    a. Cool air is less dense than hot air.
    b. Warm air rises and cool air sinks.
    d. Heat rises.
    c. The roof insulation warms the air.
    30s
  • Q9
    9. You have a can of soda in your lunchbox that you want to keep cold. Which material will work best to keep it cold?
    a. Aluminum foil wrapped around the soda because metals transfer heat energy easily.
    b. A paper towel wrapped around the soda because paper soaks up the moisture.
    c. Wax paper wrapped around the soda because wax paper traps the moisture.
    d. Your wool sweater wrapped around the soda because wool traps air.
    30s
  • Q10
    10. When you hold a metal coat hanger in a camp fire to roast a marshmallow, the coat hanger might become too hot to hold. Why might the coat hanger get too hot?
    b. The heat builds up near the flame until it can’t hold it anymore and then moves along the coat hanger.
    d. Since metals melt in fire, they react strongly to fire and get hot easily.
    a. The heat radiates along the coat hanger.
    c. Metal atoms vibrate with more energy when they get hot, and they collide with atoms near them, which causes the neighboring atoms to vibrate.
    30s
  • Q11
    11. An aluminum plate and a plastic plate have been in the freezer all night long. When you remove them the next morning,
    b. The plastic plate has a higher temperature.
    c. The plastic plate has a lower temperature.
    a. The plates are the same temperature.
    d. The aluminum plate has a lower temperature.
    30s
  • Q12
    12. When placed in direct sunlight, which object will absorb the most radiated heat energy?
    a. A white sweater
    b. A snowball
    c. Aluminum foil
    d. A black sweater
    30s
  • Q13
    The transfer of heat by atomic movement due to contact from systems of high temperature to systems of lower temperatures
    convection
    conduction
    radiation
    30s
  • Q14
    What is the definition of radiation?
    heat transferred from absorbing and emitting electromagnetic waves
    heat transferred between touching objects
    None of the above
    heat transferred through circulation or currents moving in the air or a liquid
    30s
  • Q15
    Sun heating the surface of the Earth is an example of -
    convection
    radiation
    conduction
    30s

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