Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy

​Topic 4

Multiple Choice

Thermal Energy

• The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

• Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object.

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

• The heating of a substance that causes its particles to move more quickly.

Multiple Choice

Temperature

• The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

• Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object.

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

• The heating of a substance that causes its particles to move more quickly.

Multiple Choice

Heat

• The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object.

• Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object.

• A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

• The heating of a substance that causes its particles to move more quickly.

Multiple Choice

Conduction

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

• A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

• The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

Multiple Choice

Convection

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

• A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

• The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

Multiple Choice

Convection Current

• A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

• The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

Multiple Choice

Radiation

• A circular motion of air that causes wind and changes in weather

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

• A type of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids.

• The transfer of energy from one particle of matter to another within an object or between two objects that are in direct contact.

Multiple Choice

Conductor

• Materials that do not conduct heat well.

• A material that conducts heat well,

• The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

• The expansion of matter when it is heated.

Multiple Choice

Specific Heat

• Materials that do not conduct heat well.

• A material that conducts heat well,

• The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

• The expansion of matter when it is heated.

Multiple Choice

Insulators

• Materials that do not conduct heat well.

• A material that conducts heat well,

• The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

• The expansion of matter when it is heated.

Multiple Choice

Thermal Expansion

• Materials that do not conduct heat well.

• A material that conducts heat well,

• The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

• The expansion of matter when it is heated.