Particles
Heat Transfer
Resources
Terms
Brain teasers
100

As particles heat up what occurs?

They speed up and move further apart

100

What type of heat transfer is occurs in solids?

Conduction

100

What is the definition of a renewable resource?

Something that will never run out

100

What is the term for the hotness or coldness of something?

Termperature

100

A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?

He is playing Monopoly

200

Describe particles in a solid state

closely packed, vibrating, defined shape and volume

200

What type of heat transfer occurs without the need for particles?

Radiation

200

What is the term for the fuel source that is made from organic matter that has decomposed over millions of years?

Fossil Fuel

200

What is the term for something that slows the transfer of energy?

Insulator

200

What is special about these words: job, polish, herb?

They are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized

300

What happens to the temperature of a substance as it is changing states?

stays the same

300

What colour and texture combo would best absorb radiant heat?

Dull and Black

300

What energy source uses flowing water?

Hydro

300

What is the device uses 2 pieces of metal that expand at different rates?

Bimetallic strips

300

Your parents have six sons including you, and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?

9 - 2 parents, 6 sons, 1 daughter

400

The sum of all the particle energy in a substance is called what?

Thermal Energy

400

Convection has hot particles rise and cold ones fall, this forms what?

Convection currents

400

What energy source produces waste that could take over 1000 years to become safe to handle?

Nuclear

400

What does CFC stand for?

Chlorofluorocarbon (a greenhouse gas)

400

I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

The letter S

500

What is the term and temperature in celsius for when all matter stops moving?

absolute zero, -273C

500

Thermal energy moves in what direction?

Hot to cold (high to low)

500

What is the name of the resource that uses the combustion of organic material?

Biofuel

500

What is the term used to describe the amount of energy needed to raise 1g of a substance 1 degree celsius?

Specific heat capacity 

500

A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why?

He is bald