Understanding Heat and Temperature

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What happens to a hot object when it is placed in a cooler environment?

Back

It eventually cools down.

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What is the main reason an ice cube melts when taken out of the freezer?

Back

It absorbs energy from its surroundings.

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What is kinetic energy?

Back

Energy associated with motion.

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How does temperature relate to kinetic energy?

Back

Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles.

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What happens when a hot pan is placed on a cool counter?

Back

The pan cools and the counter warms until they are the same temperature.

Front

What is heat in scientific terms?

Back

The energy that is transferred between two objects that are at different temperatures.

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Why does your skin feel cooler when a cloud blocks the sun?

Back

The sun's energy is temporarily blocked.

Front

What determines the amount of thermal energy in an object?

Back

The mass, composition, state, and temperature of the object.

Front

What happens to the average kinetic energy of particles when thermal energy is transferred as heat?

Back

It increases.

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What is the result when no energy is added to a system with two objects at different temperatures?

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The objects will eventually reach the same temperature.