Kinetic Molecular Theory

Kinetic Molecular Theory

Essential Questions

1. How do molecules behave as they are heated up and cooled down?

2. How is temperature viewed at the molecular level and how is it measured?

Multiple Choice

What letter on the diagram represents a solid?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What letter on the diagram represents a liquid?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What letter on the diagram represents a gas?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Open Ended

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Multiple Choice

At the equator of Mars, the temperature can be quite

balmly during the summer, reaching about 70 degrees

Fahrenheit or 20 degrees Celsius. What would this be in Kelvin?

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• 253 K

• -253 K

• 293 K

• -293 K

Multiple Choice

Standard temperature is considered to be 273 K. What

is this temperature in Celsius?

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• 273 ºC

• 0 ºC

• -273 ºC

• 32 ºC

Multiple Choice

Water freezes at about 0 ºC. At what Kelvin

temperature does water freeze?

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• 373 K

• 0 K

• 273 K

• -273 K

Multiple Choice

The average temperature of the universe is

thought to be roughly -270.5 ºC. What is that

temperature in Kelvin?

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• 2.5 K

• -270.5 K

• 25.0 K

• 543.5 K

Multiple Choice

Room temperature is about 20 ºC. What temperature

is that in Kelvin?

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• 303 K

• 193 K

• 253 K

• 293 K