Thermal Energy

Last updated about 1 year ago

29 questions

Note from the author:

Use of PBS Learning Media website and Flocabulary video through educational public use. 

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Thermal Energy

Last updated about 1 year ago

29 questions

Note from the author:

Use of PBS Learning Media website and Flocabulary video through educational public use. 

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Question 1 | 00:29

Question 2 | 00:39

Question 3 | 00:51

Questions 4 & 5 | 01:08

Question 6 | 01:44

Question 7 | 02:08

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Question 2

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Question 3

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Questions 4 & 5

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Question 6

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Question 7

02:08

Answer the questions below by using the Interactive Website.
If the website doesn't appear within the Formative, please open it in a new tab using this backup link: https://contrib.pbslearningmedia.org/WGBH/conv16/conv16-int-thermalenergy/index.html#/intro

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Thermal Energy, "heat", just wants to move from hot to cold.

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What is Conduction?

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What is Convection?

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What is Radiation?

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What keeps our planet at a temperature that can support life?
Answer by correctly using the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

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Briefly and in your own words, how can you stay cool on a hot day?

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How can your house be designed to take advantage of the ways that thermal energy is transferred?
Explain in at least three sentences.
Use the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

Answer the questions below by using the Interactive Website.
If the website doesn't appear within the Formative, please open it in a new tab using this backup link: https://contrib.pbslearningmedia.org/WGBH/conv16/conv16-int-thermalenergy/index.html#/intro

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Thermal Energy, "heat", just wants to move from hot to cold.

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Things get warmer when molecules have less thermal energy.

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Things get colder when molecules have less thermal energy.

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Match the scientific vocabulary word to it's best definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Three Forms of Thermal Energy		The energy within a quantity of a substance.
Temperature		The energy of motion or movement.
Kinetic Energy		The average kinetic energy of a substance's molecular particles.
Heat		The measure of the flow or transfer of Thermal Energy.
Thermal Energy		Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

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What is Conduction?

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Briefly and in your own words, how does the flame from a gas stove heat a pot?

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What is Convection?

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Briefly and in your own words, how does a hot pot heat water?

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What is Radiation?

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Briefly and in your own words, how does a hot pot and boiling water heat the air around it?

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Why are some parts of the planet warmer than others?

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How does transfer of thermal energy relate to earthquakes and volcanoes?

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What keeps our planet at a temperature that can support life?
Answer by correctly using the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

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How can your house be designed to take advantage of the ways that thermal energy is transferred?
Explain in at least three sentences.
Use the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

Finish this definition by typing.
Conduction is _______ .
Careful to type correctly without typos!

When cooking on a gas stove with a pan, heat conducts from the burning gas into the pan, then transfers from the pan into the food on the pan.

What is an insulator?

If it's a bad conductor insulating is what it's good for.

If it's a bad insulator conducting is what it's good for.

Finish this definition by typing.
Convection is _______.
Careful to type correctly without typos!

Finish this definition by typing.
Radiation is when _______.
Careful to type correctly without typos!

Things get warmer when molecules have less thermal energy.

Things get colder when molecules have less thermal energy.

Match the scientific vocabulary word to it's best definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Three Forms of Thermal Energy		The energy within a quantity of a substance.
Temperature		The energy of motion or movement.
Kinetic Energy		The average kinetic energy of a substance's molecular particles.
Heat		The measure of the flow or transfer of Thermal Energy.
Thermal Energy		Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy, "heat", just wants to move from hot to cold.

What is Conduction?

What is Convection?

What is Radiation?

What keeps our planet at a temperature that can support life?Answer by correctly using the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

Briefly and in your own words, how can you stay cool on a hot day?

How can your house be designed to take advantage of the ways that thermal energy is transferred?Explain in at least three sentences.Use the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

Thermal Energy, "heat", just wants to move from hot to cold.

Things get warmer when molecules have less thermal energy.

Things get colder when molecules have less thermal energy.

Match the scientific vocabulary word to it's best definition.

What is Conduction?

Briefly and in your own words, how does the flame from a gas stove heat a pot?

What is Convection?

Briefly and in your own words, how does a hot pot heat water?

What is Radiation?

Briefly and in your own words, how does a hot pot and boiling water heat the air around it?

Why are some parts of the planet warmer than others?

How does transfer of thermal energy relate to earthquakes and volcanoes?

What keeps our planet at a temperature that can support life?Answer by correctly using the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

Why might you feel warmer?

What causes the marshmallow to melt?

What should you use to hold the marshmallow over the fire?

Why does smoke rise from the fire?

What kinds of floor surfaces feel more comfortable on a really hot day?

How does your body react to the heat?

Where can you go to cool off?

Briefly and in your own words, how can you stay cool on a hot day?

How can your house be designed to take advantage of the ways that thermal energy is transferred?Explain in at least three sentences.Use the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

When cooking on a gas stove with a pan, heat conducts from the burning gas into the pan, then transfers from the pan into the food on the pan.

What is an insulator?

If it's a bad conductor insulating is what it's good for.

If it's a bad insulator conducting is what it's good for.

Things get warmer when molecules have less thermal energy.

Things get colder when molecules have less thermal energy.

Match the scientific vocabulary word to it's best definition.

Briefly and in your own words, how does the flame from a gas stove heat a pot?

Briefly and in your own words, how does a hot pot heat water?

Briefly and in your own words, how does a hot pot and boiling water heat the air around it?

Why are some parts of the planet warmer than others?

How does transfer of thermal energy relate to earthquakes and volcanoes?

Why might you feel warmer?

What causes the marshmallow to melt?

What should you use to hold the marshmallow over the fire?

Why does smoke rise from the fire?

What kinds of floor surfaces feel more comfortable on a really hot day?

How does your body react to the heat?

Where can you go to cool off?

What keeps our planet at a temperature that can support life?
Answer by correctly using the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

How can your house be designed to take advantage of the ways that thermal energy is transferred?
Explain in at least three sentences.
Use the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

What keeps our planet at a temperature that can support life?
Answer by correctly using the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

How can your house be designed to take advantage of the ways that thermal energy is transferred?
Explain in at least three sentences.
Use the words Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.