Chap 4 Study Guide B

Question 1

Solids are usually heated by _____?

Answer 1

conduction

Question 2

Metals such as copper, silver or aluminum are good _____?

Answer 2

conductors

Question 3

A ____ is any substance that releases energy when it burns?

Answer 3

fuel

Question 4

______ can occur in empty space?

Answer 4

Radiation

Question 5

______ is an important source of heat and light for the earth?

Answer 5

Solar radiation

Question 6

The transfer, or movement, of thermal energy from one substance to another is called _____?

Answer 6

heat

Question 7

Heat always flows from a _____ substance to a ______ substance?

Answer 7

warmer / cooler

Question 8

Substances that allow heat to move through them easily are called _____?

Answer 8

conductors

Question 9

Substances that do not allow heat to move through them easily are called _____?

Answer 9

insulators

Question 10

Wood, bricks, glass, _____ and air are examples of insulators?

Answer 10

plastic

Question 11

______ are caused by heated particles rising while cooler particles sink. Those particles get heated and rise while the ones at the top that have cooled off sink. The process continuously repeats?

Answer 11

Convection currents

Question 12

Convection usually occurs in liquids and _____?

Answer 12

gases

Question 13

_____ formed when the remains of plants and animals were buried quickly during the Genesis flood?

Answer 13

fossil fuels

Question 14

Fossil fuels include _____, crude oil, and natural gas?

Answer 14

coal

Question 15

When a warmer substance transfers heat to a cooler substance, the cooler substance _____ thermal energy and the warmer substance _____ thermal energy?

Answer 15

gains / looses

Question 16

Heat transfer that occurs when there are no particles to carry the energy is called _____?

Answer 16

radiation

Question 17

Heat transfer that occurs when particles of substances bump into or touch each other is called ____?

Answer 17

conduction

Question 18

Heat transfer that occurs when particles of a substance carry thermal energy as they move from one place to another is called _____?

Answer 18

convection

Question 19

Cooking on a stovetop or eating a popsicle usually involves ____?

Answer 19

conduction

Question 20

Boiling water or heating a room often involves _____?

Answer 20

convection

Question 21

If you stand a few feet away from a campfire or hold your hand over a glowing light bulb, you feel the effects of _____?

Answer 21

radiation

Question 22

How is radiation different from convection and conduction?

Answer 22

Radiation does not need particles or matter. It can travel or move through empty space

Question 23

What are some ways fuels are used?

Answer 23

heating homes, cooking food, producing electricity

Question 24

Give one way that unwanted heat can be removed from an object?

Answer 24

by using insulation, using a fan, cooling with water.