Refresher Quiz RPb Refresher Quiz For each question slide, click on the mouse to reveal the correct answer(s) or click through the slides using the forward buttons to see all of the questions without revealing the answers.
Refresher Quiz RPb 1 Why can’t energy travel from the Sun to the Earth by conduction? no particles to vibrate
Refresher Quiz RPb 2 What is a heat conductor? something that lets heat travel through it
Refresher Quiz RPb 3 Why doesn’t heat travel through solids by convection? the particles cannot move
Refresher Quiz RPb 4 Name a material that is good at conducting heat. metal (or the name of any metal)
Refresher Quiz RPb 5 What is heat conduction? when heat is passed through solid objects by vibrating particles
Refresher Quiz RPb 6 What are the units for temperature? degrees celsius
Refresher Quiz RPb 7 How does heat travel best through fluids? by convection
Refresher Quiz RPb 8 Which travels faster, light or sound? light
Refresher Quiz RPb 9 How do sound waves travel through air? particles pass on the vibrations
Refresher Quiz RPb 10 Does a high note have a short or long wavelength? short
Refresher Quiz RPb 11 Why do blue objects look blue? they reflect blue light
Refresher Quiz RPb 12 What colours does a white shirt reflect? all (seven) colours (of the spectrum)
Refresher Quiz RPb 13 What does pitch mean? how high or low a note sounds
Refresher Quiz RPb 14 What colour does a red shirt look in blue light? black
Refresher Quiz RPb 15 Why does a swimming pool look shallower than it really is? light reflected from the bottom is bent (refracted) when it goes into the air