Assessment for MSP Unit Plan--Energy Transfer
C.O. 1: Energy can be transferred, Warmer to cooler until equilibrium
1. When you put two soda cans that have the same temperature together, what is
the resulting energy transfer?
a. Heat energy transfers from one can to the other.
b. Cold transfers from one can to the other.
c. The two cans are at equilibrium and nothing happens.
d. The two cans will explode due to a rapid increase in temperature.
2. In every energy transformation, some energy is always “lost” as ____ energy.
a. chemical
b. radiant
c. electrical
d. thermal
3. When you put ice in a container of water how does energy transfer?
a. Heat transfers from the ice to the water.
b. Heat transfers from the water to the ice.
c. Cold transfers from the ice to the water.
d. Cold transfers from the water to the ice.
4. Heat always travels from _________ to __________ substances.
a. Warmer to Colder
b. Colder to warmer
C.O. 2: Transfer of energy through collision of atoms
5. Heating a substance causes its molecules to ________________.
a. slow down
b. speed up
c. collide with other atoms
d. disappear
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6. When a substance is heated the molecules transfer energy by
_________________.
a. Slowing down
b. speeding up
c. colliding with other atoms
d. disappear
C.O. 3: Conduction (solids), Convection (liquids and gases), Radiation
(traveling across distance--EM Waves)
7. A heated iron gives off energy by____________.
a. Radiation
b. Convection
c. Conduction
d. Potential.
8. If you put your hand above a burner on a stove, your hand becomes hotter that
if you put your hand beside the burner. The heat is transferred to your hand above
the burner by ______________.
a. Radiation
b. Conduction
c. Convection
d. Potential
9. A lava lamp is an example of thermal energy transfer by ___________.
a. radiation
b. conduction
c. convection
d. potential
10. A microwave uses energy transfer by ____________ to cook food.
a. radiation
b. conduction
c. convection
d. potential
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C.O. 4: Vocabulary: Temperature (C,F,K), heat, conduction, radiation,
convection
11. _____________ is the energy an object has due to its position.
e. Potential Energy
f. Thermal Energy
g. Kinetic Energy
h. Radiant Energy
12. Temperature is a measure of ____ of the particles in an object.
a.
the difference between the potential and kinetic energy
b.
the sum of the potential and kinetic energy
c.
the average potential energy
d.
the average kinetic energy
13. Heat is the transfer of ___________ energy from one substance to another.
a. thermal
b. potential
c. kinetic
d. radiant
14. What is used to measure how much thermal energy is in a given substance?
Process skills
15. When you see the temperature rise during the experiment you are
______________ the data.
a. inferring
b. observing
c. creating a hypothesis
d. communicating
16. When you write a testable statement about your experiment you are creating a
____________.
a. Observation
b. Inference
c. Hypothesis
d. Communication
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17. When you write in your journal explaining about the experiment you are
_____________.
a. inferring
b. observing
c. creating a hypothesis
d. communicating
18. Following proper procedures for scientific experiments as well as handing
chemicals and technology appropriately are all part of scientist’s ___________.
a. inferring
b. observing
c. safety measures
d. communicating
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