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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