Level I

Science Basic Questions

Ch. 3 Sec 3.3

3.3 Heat

LP1: Define heat and describe the direction that heat transfers.

1. Define heat. ___________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

2. Fill in the blanks using the words from the box below.

cool warm thermal energy faster slower

When the air is warmer than your body, __________ is transferred from the air to
you. The particles in your skin move __________ and their kinetic energy
increases. As a result, you feel __________. When the air is cooler than your body,
thermal energy is transferred from you to the air. The particles in your skin move
__________ and their kinetic energy decreases. As a result, you feel __________.

3. Answer the following questions.

a. When you add ice to a glass of warm water, in which direction does heat move?

From ________ to ________

b. When you put food in a fridge, in which direction does heat move?

From ________ to ________

c. When you put hot food on a plate, in which direction does heat move?

From ________ to ________

LP2: Explain when and how heat flows between two objects using examples.

1. Write true or false for the following statements.

a. _______ When food is placed in a freezer, its thermal energy decreases.

b. _______ When food is placed in a freezer, the thermal energy of the freezer
decreases.

c. _______ Heat is only transferred when there is a temperature difference

between two objects.

d. _______ Heat is transferred between objects that are at the same temperature.

e. _______ When food has been in the freezer for a long time, the average kinetic
energy of the food is the same as the average kinetic energy of the air
in the freezer.

2. Circle the correct answer.

a. Heat travels from hot to cold.

b. As heat is transferred from object A to object B the kinetic energy of object A

increases.

c. As heat is transferred from object A to object B the particles of object B move

faster.

d. There is no correct answer.

e. Both a and c.

f. Both a and b.
LP3: Describe the heat transfer during a change of state.

1. Circle the correct answer.

a. Heat is not transferred when matter changes state.

b. The temperature of the matter does not change until all of the matter has
changed state.

c. When the ice start to melt its temperature changes

d. There is no correct answer.

e. Both a and b are correct.

2. State true or false.

a. _______ As ice is melting, its temperature will stay the same until all the ice
has turned to water.

b. _______ The average kinetic energy of the water molecules changes as ice
start to melt.

c. _______ Heat is transferred from cold to hot when matter changes state.
LP4: Define radiation and explain how it travels in different mediums.

1. Use the terms from the box below to answer the following questions.

empty space faster heat

radiation waves

a. __________ can be transferred in different ways.

b. __________ is the transfer of thermal energy without the movement of

matter.

c. Thermal energy is transferred by radiation as __________.

d. Radiation is the only way heat can move through __________ ___________.

e. When particles absorb radiation they move __________.

LP5: Describe how radiation affects particle movement.

1. Answer true or false.

a. _______ Particles can absorb radiation.

b. _______ Particles move faster when they absorb radiation.

c. _______ Life on Earth is possible due to radiation from sun.

d. _______ Only water on earth is warm by radiation from the sun.

 e. _______ The gases in the air that surrounds Earth become colder as they
absorb radiation from the sun.

f. _______ Any object can transfer thermal energy by radiation.

LP6: Explain convection in fluids and relate it to convection currents.

1. Fill in the blanks.

a. ________ is the transfer of thermal energy by the ________of a liquid or a

gas.

b. Wind is caused by ______________.

c. Heating gases and liquids causes them to _________ .

d. Warm liquids and gases are less ________ than cool liquids and gases.

e. When the temperature of a fluid ________, it becomes less dense and

________.

2. Answer true or false.

a. _______ warm fluids are less dense.

b. _______ cool fluids are more dense.

c. _______ less dense fluids rise.

d. _______ more dense fluids rise.

e. _______ winds are caused by radiation from the sun.

f. _______ winds are caused by convection currents.

3. A convection current is ________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________

LP7: Define conduction and recognize how it is related to the motion of particles in
matter.

1. Conduction is _______________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. Answer true or false.

a. _______ kinetic energy can be transferred between two objects when they
touch.

b. _______ a slow-moving particle would speed up if bumped into by a fast-

moving particle.

c. _______ the fast-moving particle would then speed up also.

d. _______ thermal energy can only be transferred when particles bump into
each other.

e. _______ conduction can also transfer energy within objects.

LP8: Define and give examples of thermal conductors and thermal insulators.

1. A thermal __________ is a material that does not transfer thermal energy well.

2. A thermal __________ is a material that does transfer thermal energy well.

3. A __________ is an example of a thermal insulator.

4. A __________ is an example of a thermal conductor.