Name: _________________________

Hot and Cold Temperatures Test 1

Read your instructions carefully! Good luck!

1. Sort the objects as either hot or cold. Write things your think are
cold in the cold side of the chart. Write things you think are hot in
the hot side of the chart.
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HOT

Ice

Sun

COLD

Air
Conditioner

Furnace

Steam

Inside the
Outside the
Milk
school
school
2. Compare two things using the words hotter than and colder than
in your sentence. Make sure you write hotter than and colder
than in your sentence!
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3. Circle the objects that are insulators.
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Whale

Glass Cup

Thermos
Tin Can

Metal Pan

Paper

Multiple Choice. Circle the correct definition.

4. What is blubber?
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a. The name of playdough.
b. Fat like substance that keeps things hot or cold.
c. A conductor that does not keep things hot or cold.
d. None of the above.

5. What is insulation?
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a. Material used to keep things hot or cold.
b. Material used to make other things hot or cold.
c. A type of food.
d. Both a. and b.

6. What is temperature?
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a. An object used to measure how hot or cold an object is.
b. When it is hot outside.
c. When it is cold outside.
d. How much heat an object has.

7. What are the 5 parts of an observation?

1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________

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8. Read the situations. Pick one! Write what you can observe from
the situation. Use complete sentences.
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A) There is snow outside on the ground. I picked some up and
brought it inside in a cup. Record what you observe.

B) There is milk in my cup and I have put it in the freezer. Record

what you observe.

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CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed your test on hot and

cold temperatures! If you are done, you can draw a picture on
the back of your test or complete a Christmas word search.