Savvas Topic 4: Thermal Energy

Front

Energy

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ability to do work or cause change

Front

Thermal energy is associated with

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kinetic and potential energy of particles

Front

How does a thermometer work?

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Liquids expand when heated and contract when cooled.

Front

The three scales used to measure temperature are

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Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin

Front

This phase of matter has the most thermal energy: gas, liquid, solid

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gas

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Heat always moves

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from hot to cold

Front

Over the next 15 minutes, which changes would most likely occur in the temperatures of cups A and B connected by an aluminum bar?

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The temperature in cup A will decrease and the temperature in cup B will increase.

Front

Reason the temperature in the cups changes in the experiment with aluminum.

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a conductor

Front

What process is primarily responsible for the transfer of heat in a beaker of water heated by a Bunsen burner, as indicated by arrows in a diagram?

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convection

Front

Water’s specific heat is 4,180 and iron’s is 450. Which will heat up faster?

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iron