Thermal conductors

12 questions

1. Which material passes a vibration on the quickest when one end is shaken?
2. Why is a solid often stiff?
3. Why is the handle of a sauce pan often made of wood or plastic?
4. Why is the base of a saucepan usually made of metal?
5. In which state of matter do particles collide the least often?
6. What happens when one end of a metal rod is heated in a Bunsen flame?
7. If the temperature along a solid increases quickly, it is called a thermal ___.
8. If the temperature along a solid increases slowly, it is called a thermal ___.
9. Which of the following would you expect to be good thermal conductors?
10. Which of these metals is the best thermal conductor?
11. What happens to the particles a solid is made of when its temperature is increased?
12. Why are solids better thermal conductors than liquids?

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