Welcome to your B6 Practice Questions 2.2 – Thermal and electrical conductors

1. 
What is the transfer of heat from one object to another called?

2. 

Substances and materials that conduct heat well are called conductors.

3. 
Some materials and substances conduct heat better than others.

4. 

How well a substance can conduct heat is a of the substance.

5. 
Which group of substances are good conductors of heat?

6. 

Silver is the best conductor of .

7. 
Wood is a good conductor of heat.

8. 

Wood and are not good conductors of heat.

9. 
You put a metal teaspoon and a plastic teaspoon into a cup of hot tea. Which one feels hotter, and why?

10. 

Materials and substances that are able to conduct electricity are called conductors.

11. 
The ability to conduct electricity is a property of materials and substances.

12. 

Metals are substances that conduct .

13. 
Why are pots and pans made from metal?

14. 

Conducting heat and conducting are both properties of a substance.

15. 
Why are the handles of pots and pans made from plastic?