Introduction to Waves Answers

Which best describes convection?

Which is occurring when work is being done?

Which accurately completes the statement?Conduction involves the transfer of electric charge or ___________ due to the movement of particles.

Which material most likely gets the warmest when placed in the Sun?

Carmen is heating some water and trying to measure the temperature of water using a Celsius thermometer. Which measurement can she expect once the water begins to boil?

Which two types of potential energies would be types of mechanical energies?

Which describes how radiation moves?

As a person pushes a box across a floor, the energy from the person’s moving arm is transferred to the box, and the box and the floor become warm. During this process, what happens to energy?

When a person strikes and lights a match, potential energy in the match is transformed into which types of energy?

A student heats a liquid on a burner. What happens to the portion of liquid that first begins to warm?

The diagram shows movement of thermal energy.

If the kinetic and potential energy in a system are equal, then the potential energy increases. What happens as a result?

The table shows information about four students who are running around a track. Which statement is supported by the information in the chart?

Which shows the formula for converting from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit?

A stovetop burner on medium reaches 95°C. Which will also receive a flow of heat directly from the burner?

Which refers to the thermal energy that flows from one substance to another when the substances differ in temperature?

In which of these can convection not occur?

The diagram shows currents that form as water is heated.

Which material is typically used as a thermal insulator?

When Javier touches a hot mug of tea, energy is transferred from the surface of the mug to his hand. What kind of energy is this?