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Science Study Guide
Heat Energy
Part I: Vocabulary – Choose a word from the word bank and place it in the
appropriate blank.
Thermometer
Friction
Heat
Convection
Radiation
conduction
Conductor
Thermal energy
insulator
1. Energy that moves particles in matter is called __thermal energy____.
2. Movement of thermal energy from one place to another is called __heat__.
3. A _thermometer__ is a tool used for measuring heat.
4. Heat moves between objects that touch each other by__conduction__.
5. Heat moves through liquids and gasses by__convection__.
6. Heat moves through space from the Sun to the Earth by _radiation__.
7. A material, such as metal, in which thermal energy moves easily, is called a
__conductor_.
8. A material, such as wood, in which thermal energy can’t move easily, is called
an _insulator_.
9. The force between two objects that keeps them from moving freely is
_friction__.
Part II Science Concepts and Understandings
_C_10. Friction is the force that makes ______________ work.
a. Insulators
b. Levers
c. matches
d. light bulbs
G_11. What we feel as heat is thermal ___________.
f. light
h. particles
g. energy
j. motion
_B_12. Matter with slow moving particles is___________.
a. tough
b. cold
c. soft
d. hot
_F 13. Energy moves easily through__________.
f. conductors
h. oven mitts
g. insulators
i. ice
_C_14. Rubbing our hands together makes____________.
a. tiny particles
c. thermal energy
b. matter change
d. light energy
_i 15. To keep thermal energy from moving ,we use_____________.
f. gas stoves
h. metal pans
g. conductors
i. insulators
__A__16. Adding thermal energy can change particle in a liquid into _______.
a. a gas
c. a mass
b. an insulator
d. a solid
___H___17. Thermal energy that moves without touching anything is_________
f. conduction
h. radiation
g. transportation
i. reflection
___D___18. Which is a conductor?
a. wool
b. foam
c. wood
d. wire
___G__19. Two scales for measuring temperature are Fahrenheit and
f. balance
h. degrees
g. Celsius
i. ounces
20. How are particles in cold water different from particles in hot water?
The particles in cold water move more slowly than the particles in hot water.