5th Grade - SCIENCE Quiz - AM 59, 60

Question 1

The transfers of heat, or movement, or thermal energy from one substance to another is called _____.

Answer 1

heat

Question 2

Heat always flows from a substance at a warmer temperature to one at a _______ temperature.

Answer 2

cooler

Question 3

If a warmer substance has transferred heat to a cooler substance, the cooler substance has _____ thermal energy and the warner substance has lost thermal energy.

Answer 3

gained

Question 4

The heat that occurs when particles bump into each other but do not change location is called ______.

Answer 4

conduction

Question 5

The heat that occurs when particles carry thermal energy as they move from one place to another is called ____.

Answer 5

convection

Question 6

The heat that occurs when there are no particles to carry the energy is called _____.

Answer 6

radiation

Question 7

______ can occur through empty space.

Answer 7

radiation

Question 8

_____ usually occurs in liquids and gases.

Answer 8

convection

Question 9

______ from the sun is an important source of heat and light.

Answer 9

radiation

Question 10

Solids are usually heated by _____.

Answer 10

conduction

Question 11

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

Answer 11

conductors

Question 12

Substances that do not allow leaf to leave through them easily are called _____.

Answer 12

insulators

Question 13

Wood, brick, glass, and plastic are good _____.

Answer 13

insulators

Question 14

Metals are the best ______.

Answer 14

conductors

Question 15

_____ colors absorb radiation better than ____ colors do.

Answer 15

Dark colors absorb radiation better than light colors.

Question 16

What are examples of how air is used as insulation?

Answer 16

• Air between a bird’s feathers and its body helps to insulate the bird and keep it warm
• Air between layers of clothing helps to insulate our bodies from the cold
• Double-paned windows trap air to help keep buildings warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer
• Building insulation used in ceilings and walls traps air in pockets to reduce heat loss

Question 17

When hot chocolate causes the spoon to heat is an example of what kind of heat?

Answer 17

conduction

Question 18

Toaster coils are an example of what kind of heat?

Answer 18

radiation

Question 19

Boiling water in a pot is an example of what kind of heat?

Answer 19

convection