IPC Test 1/26/15

Question 1

What is a calorimeter

Answer 1

A device used to measure heat energy

Question 2

Dark clothes are better

Answer 2

conductors

Question 3

More dense things are better

Answer 3

conductors

Question 4

Heat you feel when you put your hands above a fire

Answer 4

convection

Question 5

the total energy of the particles in a material

Answer 5

thermal energy

Question 6

thermal energy includes

Answer 6

potential energy and kinetic energy

Question 7

the measure of average kinetic energy

Answer 7

temperature

Question 8

energy that flows from something with a higher temp to something with a lower temp

Answer 8

heat energy

Question 9

the heat lost by one object is equal to the heat gained by the other object

Answer 9

1st law of thermodynamics

Question 10

as the temp of a material increases the particles move faster and their average __________ becomes greater

Answer 10

kinetic energy

Question 11

the transfer of energy through the movement of matter

Answer 11

convection

Question 12

transfer of energy through direct contact

Answer 12

conduction

Question 13

transfer of energy through a vacuum

Answer 13

radiation

Question 14

what kind of energy transfers in waves

Answer 14

radiation

Question 15

type of heat transfer that doesn’t require matter

Answer 15

radiation

Question 16

convection takes place in

Answer 16

fluids

Question 17

fluids are

Answer 17

liquids and gases

Question 18

a material that doesn’t allow heat to pass through it

Answer 18

insulator

Question 19

many conductors are

Answer 19

metals

Question 20

insulators are poor conductors of

Answer 20

heat

Question 21

the transfer of heat through conduction and convection require

Answer 21

matter

Question 22

what kind of heat transfer is it when you put your hands above a fire

Answer 22

convection

Question 23

cooking food in a microwave uses

Answer 23

radiation

Question 24

insulation is used to prevent this type of heat transfer

Answer 24

convection

Question 25

heated fluids and particles rising

Answer 25

convection

Question 26

infared heat waves like on the electromagnetic spectrum

Answer 26

radiation

Question 27

heat that causes a kettle to whistle

Answer 27

convection

Question 28

heat you feel sitting next to a campfire

Answer 28

radition