Conduct or Insulate
Types of Transfer
Energy Transfer Examples
Explanations
Randomness
100
What is the name of a substance that allows the flow of thermal energy?
What is a conductor
100
Thermal energy from the Sun reaches the Earth by...
What is radiation?
100
Which of the following is an example of convection?
-stove heating a pot
-cycling of heat within the soup in the pot
-soup heating the spoon
-heating the stove burner
What is the cycling of heat within the soup
100
Using the diagram below, which arrow represents the warmest air?
What is arrow 1
100
Which NBA basketball team is located in San Antonio?
Who are the Spurs
200
What is the name of a substance that does NOT allow the flow of thermal energy?
What is an insulator.
200
When a space heater is placed in a room, the temperature of the room increases. This is due to which type of thermal energy transfer?
What is convection
200
A student notices that the ice in a pitcher of water is melting. What is the best description of how thermal energy is being transferred?
-heat moves from the ice to the water
-cold moves from the ice into the water
-heat moves from the water into the ice
-cold moves from the water into the room
What is heat moves from the water into the ice
200
What will happen in the scenario below if left for 30 minutes?
What is it will reach thermal equilibrium
(the temperatures will be the same)
200
Which female vocalist recently finished her ERAS tour?
Who is Taylor Swift
300
Of the following four materials, which transfers thermal energy the best because it's a conductor?
metal, glass, plastic, or wood
What is metal?
300
This type of thermal energy transfer requires that the objects have physical contact.
What is conduction
300
Joe stirs his coffee with a metal spoon and leaves the spoon in the cup. When he touches the spoon after texting his friends, it feels hotter. What type of thermal energy transfer is this?
What is conduction
300
What happens to the kinetic energy of particles in a substance as the temperature increases?
What is the kinetic energy increases
300
How long will HCMS be in existence next year?
What is 50 years
400
Based on your lab, which is a better insulator: cardboard or cotton balls?
What is cotton balls
400
A black brick is placed in direct sunlight and the temperature on the brick rises. This is due to which form of heat transfer?
What is radiation.
400
You go watch a football game at the stadium and attempt to sit on the metal bleachers but realize they are too hot. What form of thermal energy transfer is responsible for heating the bleachers?
What is radiation
400
Thermal energy is the movement of heat. Heat always moves from ....
What is hotter to colder
400
What is the name of your assistant principal?
Who is Mr. Ellis
500
Would you rather slide down a plastic or metal slide during the summer? Why?
What is plastic, it doesn't get as hot because it is an insulator.
500
Which type of thermal energy transfer can be represented by roasting a marshmallow over a fire?
What is all of them, radiation, convection, and conduction.
500
You are cooking Mac & cheese on the stove and see the noodles rising and falling in the boiling water. This is an example of
What is convection
500
Temperature is a measure of ________ _________
What is kinetic energy
500
What is the mascot for the NCAA team currently ranked #1 in the AP football poll?
Ducks